Convexity of level lines of Martin functions and applications

Abstract

Let $Ω$ be an unbounded domain in $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^{d}.$ A positive harmonic function $u$ on $Ω$ that vanishes on the boundary of $Ω$ is called a Martin function. In this note, we show that, when $Ω$ is convex, the superlevel sets of a Martin function are also convex. As a consequence we obtain that if in addition $Ω$ is symmetric, then the maximum of any Martin function along a slice $Ω\cap (\{t\}\times\mathbb{R}^d)$ is attained at $(t,0).$