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Infinity Laplacian


The infinity Laplacian is the nonlinear second-order operator

 Delta_inftyu=sum_(i,j=1)^dpartial_iupartial_jupartial_ipartial_ju=<D^2udel u,del u>.

This is the unnormalized convention, with no division by ||del u||^2. An affine function has zero infinity Laplacian. Classical solutions of Delta_inftyu=0 are called infinity-harmonic functions, and the viscosity-solution definition extends the equation to continuous functions.


See also

Hessian, Infinity-Harmonic Function, Viscosity Solution

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References

Lindqvist, P. Notes on the Infinity Laplace Equation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31532-4.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Infinity Laplacian." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/InfinityLaplacian.html

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