Harmonic morphisms and non-linear potential theory
Volume 27 / 1992
Abstract
Originally, harmonic morphisms were defined as continuous mappings φ:X → X' between harmonic spaces such that h'∘φ remains harmonic whenever h' is harmonic, see [1], p. 20. In general linear axiomatic potential theory, one has to replace harmonic functions h' by hyperharmonic functions u' in this definition, in order to obtain an interesting class of mappings, see [3], Remark 2.3. The modified definition appears to be equivalent with the original one, provided X' is a Bauer space, i.e., a harmonic space with a base consisting of regular sets, see [3], Theorem 2.4. To extend the linear proof of this result directly into the recent non-linear theories fails, even in the case of semi-classical non-linear considerations [6]. The aim of this note is to give a modified proof which settles such difficulties in the quasi-linear theories [4], [5].
