This thesis consists of three papers, all treating various aspects of the operation partial balayage from potential theory. The first paper concerns the equilibrium measure in the setting of two dimensional weighted potential theory, an important measure arising in various mathematical areas, e.g. random matrix theory and the theory of orthogonal polynomials. In this paper we show that the equilibrium measure satisfies a complementary relation with a partial balayage measure if the weight function is of a certain type. The second paper treats the connection between partial balayage measures and measures arising from scaling limits of a generalisation of the so-called divisible sandpile model on lattices. The standard divisible sandpile can, in a natural way, be considered a discrete version of the partial balayage operation with respect to the Lebesgue measure. The generalisation that is developed in this paper is essentially a discrete version of the partial balayage operation with respect to more general measures than the Lebesgue measure. In the third paper we develop a version of partial balayage on Riemannian manifolds, using the theory of currents. Several known properties of partial balayage measures are shown to have corresponding results in the Riemannian manifold setting, one of which being the main result of the first paper. Moreover, we utilize the developed framework to show that for manifolds of dimension two, harmonic and geodesic balls are locally equivalent if and only if the manifold locally has constant curvature. / Denna avhandling består av tre artiklar som alla behandlar olika aspekter av den potentialteoretiska operationen partiell balayage. Den första artikeln betraktar jämviktsmåttet i tvådimensionell viktad potentialteori, ett viktigt mått inom flertalet matematiska inriktningar såsom slumpmatristeori och teorin om ortogonalpolynom. I denna artikel visas att jämviktsmåttet uppfyller en komplementaritetsrelation med ett partiell balayage-mått om viktfunktionen är av en viss typ. Den andra artikeln behandlar relationen mellan partiell balayage-mått och mått som uppstår från skalningsgränser av en generalisering av den så kallade "delbara sandhögen", en diskret modell för partikelaggregation på gitter. Den vanliga delbara sandhögen kan på ett naturligt sätt betraktas som en diskret version av partiell balayage-operatorn med avseende på Lebesguemåttet. Generaliseringen som utarbetas i denna artikel är väsentligen en diskret version av partiell balayage-operatorn med avseende på mer allmänna mått än Lebesguemåttet. I den tredje artikeln formuleras en version av partiell balayage på riemannska mångfalder utifrån teorin om strömmar. Åtskilliga tidigare kända egenskaper om partiella balayage-mått visas ha motsvarande formuleringar i formuleringen på riemannska mångfalder, bland annat huvudresultatet från den första artikeln. Vidare så utnyttjas det utarbetade ramverket för att visa att tvådimensionella riemannska mångfalder har egenskapen att harmoniska och geodetiska bollar lokalt är ekvivalenta om och endast om mångfalden lokalt har konstant krökning. / <p>QC 20160524</p>

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We investigate local properties of the Green function of the complement of a compact set E. First we consider the case E ⊂ [0, 1] in the extended complex plane. We extend a result of V. Andrievskii which claims that if the Green function satisfies the Hölder1/2 condition locally at the origin, then the density of E at 0, in terms of logarithmic capacity, is the same as that of the whole interval [0, 1]. We give an integral estimate on the density in terms of the Green function, which also provides a necessary condition for the optimal smoothness. Then we extend the results to the case E ⊂ [−1, 1]. In this case the maximal smoothness of the Green function is H¨older-1 and a similar integral estimate and necessary condition hold as well. In the second part of the paper we consider the case when E is a compact set in Rd , d > 2. We give a Wiener type characterization for the Hölder continuity of the Green function, thus extending a result of L. Carleson and V. Totik. The obtained density condition is necessary, and it is sufficient as well, provided E satisfies the cone condition. It is also shown that the Hölder condition for the Green function at a boundary point can be equivalently stated in terms of the equilibrium measure and the solution to the corresponding Dirichlet problem. The results solve a long standing open problem - raised by Maz’ja in the 1960’s - under the simple cone condition.

Orientador: Dimitar Kolev Dimitrov / Banca: Valdir Antônio Menegatto / Banca: Ali Messaoudi / Resumo: Estudamos alguns tópicos da Teoria do Potencial Logarítmico. Enfatizamos o problema de caracterizar a medida do equilíbrio. Provamos um resultado sobre a assintótica da medida contadora de zeros, associada com uma classe de polinômios. / Abstract: We study some basic topics of The Theory of the Logarithmic potential. We emphasize on the problem by characterizing the equilibrium measure. A result on the asymptotics of the zero counting measure associated with a class of polynomials is proved. / Mestre

Seja $\\Sigma_(\\mathbb)$ um shift enumerável topologicamente mixing com a propriedade BIP sobre o alfabeto $\\mathbb$, $f: \\Sigma_(\\mathbb) ightarrow \\mathbb$ um potencial com variação somável e pressão topológica finita. Sob hipóteses adequadas provamos a existência de um princípio dos grandes desvios para a familia de estados de Gibbs $(\\mu_{\\beta})_{\\beta > 0}$, onde cada $\\mu_{\\beta}$ é a medida de Gibbs associada ao potencial $\\beta f$. Para fazer isso generalizamos alguns teoremas de Otimização Ergódica para shifts de Markov enumeráveis. Esse resultado generaliza o mesmo princípio no caso de um subshift topologicamente mixing sobre um alfabeto finito, previamente provado por A. Baraviera, A. Lopes e P. Thieullen. / Let $\\Sigma_(\\mathbb)$ be a topologically mixing countable Markov shift with the BIP property over the alphabet $\\mathbb$ and a potential $f: \\Sigma_(\\mathbb) ightarrow \\mathbb$ with summable variation and finite pressure. Under suitable hypotheses, we prove the existence of a large deviation principle for the family of Gibbs states $(\\mu_{\\beta})_{\\beta > 0}$ where each $\\mu_{\\beta}$ is the Gibbs measure associated to the potential $\\beta f$. For do this we generalize some theorems from finite to countable Markov shifts in Ergodic Optimization. This result generalizes the same principle in the case of topologically mixing subshifts over a finite alphabet previously proved by A. Baraviera, A. Lopes and P. Thieullen.

Seja $\\Sigma_(\\mathbb)$ um shift enumerável topologicamente mixing com a propriedade BIP sobre o alfabeto $\\mathbb$, $f: \\Sigma_(\\mathbb) ightarrow \\mathbb$ um potencial com variação somável e pressão topológica finita. Sob hipóteses adequadas provamos a existência de um princípio dos grandes desvios para a familia de estados de Gibbs $(\\mu_{\\beta})_{\\beta > 0}$, onde cada $\\mu_{\\beta}$ é a medida de Gibbs associada ao potencial $\\beta f$. Para fazer isso generalizamos alguns teoremas de Otimização Ergódica para shifts de Markov enumeráveis. Esse resultado generaliza o mesmo princípio no caso de um subshift topologicamente mixing sobre um alfabeto finito, previamente provado por A. Baraviera, A. Lopes e P. Thieullen. / Let $\\Sigma_(\\mathbb)$ be a topologically mixing countable Markov shift with the BIP property over the alphabet $\\mathbb$ and a potential $f: \\Sigma_(\\mathbb) ightarrow \\mathbb$ with summable variation and finite pressure. Under suitable hypotheses, we prove the existence of a large deviation principle for the family of Gibbs states $(\\mu_{\\beta})_{\\beta > 0}$ where each $\\mu_{\\beta}$ is the Gibbs measure associated to the potential $\\beta f$. For do this we generalize some theorems from finite to countable Markov shifts in Ergodic Optimization. This result generalizes the same principle in the case of topologically mixing subshifts over a finite alphabet previously proved by A. Baraviera, A. Lopes and P. Thieullen.

Cette thèse s'inscrit dans le domaine des probabilités et des statistiques, et plus précisément des matrices aléatoires. Dans la première partie, on étudie les grandes déviations de la mesure spectrale de matrices de covariance $XX^*$, où $X$ est une matrice aléatoire rectangulaire à coefficients i.i.d. ayant une queue de probabilité en $exp(-at^{alpha})$, $alpha in ]0,2[$. On établit un principe de grandes déviations analogue à celui de Bordenave et Caputo, de vitesse $n^{1+alpha/2}$ et de fonction de taux explicite faisant intervenir la convolution libre rectangulaire. La démonstration repose sur un résultat de quantification de la liberté asymptotique dans le modèle information-plus-bruit. La seconde partie de cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude du comportement en temps long de la solution de l'équation de Fokker-Planck libre en présence du potentiel quartique $V(x) = frac14 x^4 + frac{c}{2} x^2$ avec $c ge -2$. On montre que quand $t to +infty$, la solution $mu_t$ de cette équation aux dérivées partielles converge en distance de Wasserstein vers la mesure d'équilibre associée au potentiel $V$. Ce résultat fournit un premier exemple de convergence en temps long de la solution de l'équation des milieux granulaires en présence d'un potentiel non convexe et d'une interaction logarithmique. Sa démonstration utilise notamment des techniques de probabilités libres. / This thesis lies within the field of probability and statistics, and more precisely of random matrix theory. In the first part, we study the large deviations of the spectral measure of covariance matrices XX*, where X is a rectangular random matrix with i.i.d. coefficients having a probability tail like $exp(-at^{alpha})$, $alpha in (0,2)$. We establish a large deviation principle similar to Bordenave and Caputo's one, with speed $n^{1+alpha/2}$ and explicit rate function involving rectangular free convolution. The proof relies on a quantification result of asymptotic freeness in the information-plus-noise model. The second part of this thesis is devoted to the study of the long-time behaviour of the solution to free Fokker-Planck equation in the setting of the quartic potential $V(x) = frac14 x^4 + frac{c}{2} x^2$ with $c ge -2$. We prove that when $t to +infty$, the solution $mu_t$ to this partial differential equation converge in Wasserstein distance towards the equilibrium measure associated to the potential $V$. This result provides a first example of long-time convergence for the solution of granular media equation with a non-convex potential and a logarithmic interaction. Its proof involves in particular free probability techniques.