The insulated conductivity problem, effective gradient estimates and the maximum principle
The insulated conductivity problem, effective gradient estimates and the maximum principle
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DOI:
10.1007/s00208-021-02314-3
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发表时间:
2021-03
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
B. Weinkove
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作者:
B. Weinkove
We consider the insulated conductivity problem with two unit balls as insulating inclusions, a distance of orderapart. The solutionurepresents the electric potential. In dimensionsit is an open problem to find the optimal bound on the gradient ofu, the electric field, in the narrow region between the insulating bodies. Li-Yang recently proved a bound of orderfor some. In this paper we use a direct maximum principle argument to sharpen the Li-Yang estimate for. Our method gives effective lower bounds on, which in particular approach 1 asntends to infinity.