A new characterization of convexity in free Carnot groups

DOI10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11180-3zbMath1272.31009OpenAlexW2067224290MaRDI QIDQ2845752

Andrea Bonfiglioli, Ermanno Lanconelli

Publication date: 3 September 2013

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9939-2012-11180-3

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Degenerate elliptic equations (35J70) Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions on other spaces (31C05) Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) Analysis on other specific Lie groups (43A80)

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