Geometric property of the Ground State Eigenfunction for Cauchy Process

Abstract

We consider the asymptotic behavior of nonlinear nonlocal flows $u_t+(-\La)^{1/2}u=0$ to find the geometric property of the solutions in nonlinear eigenvalue problem: (-\La)^{1/2}\vp=\lambda\vp posed in a strictly convex domain $\Omega\subset\R^n$ with $\vp>0$ in $\Omega$ and $\vp=0$ on $\R^n\bs\Omega$. This is corresponding to an eigenvalue problem for Cauchy process. The concavity of $\vp$ is well known for the dimension $n=1$. In this paper, we will show $\vp^{-\frac{2}{n+1}}$ is convex. Moreover, the eventual power-convexity of the parabolic flows is also proved. In the final section, We extend geometric results to Cauchy problem for the fractional Heat operator.