arXiv · 2507.07710
Nonlocal anisotropic Riesz interactions with a physical confinement
Abstract
In this work we fully characterize, in any space dimension, the minimizer of a class of nonlocal and anisotropic Riesz energies defined over probability measures supported on ellipsoids. In the super-Coulombic and Coulombic regime, we prove that the minimizer is independent of the anisotropy. In contrast, in the sub-Coulombic regime we show that this property fails: we exhibit an example of anisotropy for which the isotropic minimizer is not optimal. In order to prove our main result, we provide a formula for the potential inside an ellipsoid, valid in any space dimension and involving the hypergeometric function.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
Maria Giovanna Mora, Luca Rondi, Lucia Scardia, Edoardo Giovanni Tolotti. 2025-07-10. Nonlocal anisotropic Riesz interactions with a physical confinement. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07710
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.