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Superharmonic Function


A real-valued function u on a domain is superharmonic if -u is a subharmonic function. Equivalently, when u is lower semicontinuous and not identically infinite on any component, it satisfies the super-mean-value inequality

 u(z_0)>=1/(2pi)int_0^(2pi)u(z_0+re^(it))dt

for every closed disk centered at z_0 which is contained in the domain. A twice continuously differentiable function is superharmonic iff its Laplacian is nonpositive.


See also

Harmonic Function, Laplacian, Subharmonic Function

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References

Krantz, S. G. "The Dirichlet Problem and Subharmonic Functions." §7.7 in Handbook of Complex Variables. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, pp. 97-101, 1999.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Superharmonic Function." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SuperharmonicFunction.html

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