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We consider several non-standard discrete and continuous Green energy problems in the complex plane and study the asymptotic relations between their solutions. In the discrete setting, we consider two problems; one with variable particle positions (within a given compact set) and variable particle masses, the other one with variable masses but prescribed positions. The mass of a particle is allowed to take any value in the range \(0\le m\le R\), where \(R>0\) is a fixed parameter in the problem. The corresponding continuous energy problems are defined on the space of positive measures \(\mu \) with mass \(\Vert \mu \Vert \le R\) and supported on the given compact set, with an additional upper constraint that appears as a consequence of the prescribed positions condition. It is proved that the equilibrium constant and equilibrium measure vary continuously as functions of the parameter R (the latter in the weak-star topology). In the unconstrained energy problem we present a greedy algorithm that converges to the equilibrium constant and equilibrium measure. In the discrete energy problems, it is shown that under certain conditions, the optimal values of the particle masses are uniquely determined by the optimal positions or prescribed positions of the particles, depending on the type of problem considered.
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We are grateful to the referee for his/her thoughtful comments which have resulted in an improvement of the content of this paper. In particular, for providing the proof of Lemma 4.13 which allowed us to eliminate a redundant assumption in a previous version of Theorem 1.2. A. Tovbis was partially supported by the NSF Grant DMS-2009647.
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López-García, A., Tovbis, A. Non-standard Green energy problems in the complex plane. Anal.Math.Phys. 13, 77 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13324-023-00841-7
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Keywords
- Green function
- Green energy
- External field
- Variational problem with upper constraint
- Greedy energy sequence