Discrete Harmonic Functions in the Three-Quarter Plane

In this article we are interested in finding positive discrete harmonic functions with Dirichlet conditions in three quadrants. Whereas planar lattice (random) walks in the quadrant have been well studied, the case of walks avoiding a quadrant has been developed lately. We extend the method in the quarter plane—resolution of a functional equation via boundary value problem using a conformal mapping—to the three-quarter plane applying the strategy of splitting the domain into two symmetric convex cones. We obtain a simple explicit expression for the algebraic generating function of harmonic functions associated to random walks avoiding a quadrant.

An Lp-Comparison, $p\in (1,\infty )$, on the Finite Differences of a Discrete Harmonic Function at the Boundary of a Discrete Box

It is well-known that for a harmonic function u defined on the unit ball of the d-dimensional Euclidean space, d ≥ 2, the tangential and normal component of the gradient ∇u on the sphere are comparable by means of the Lp-norms, $p\in (1,\infty )$ p ∈ ( 1 , ∞ ) , up to multiplicative constants that depend only on d,p. This paper formulates and proves a discrete analogue of this result for discrete harmonic functions defined on a discrete box on the d-dimensional lattice with multiplicative constants that do not depend on the size of the box.

Discrete spherical harmonic functions for texture representation and analysis

A basis of discrete harmonic functions for efficient representation and analysis of crystallographic texture is presented. Discrete harmonics are a numerical representation of the harmonics on the sphere. A finite element formulation is utilized to calculate these orthonormal basis functions, which provides several advantageous features for quantitative texture analysis. These include high-precision numerical integration, a simple implementation of the non-negativity constraint and computational efficiency. Simple examples of pole figure and texture interpolation and of Fourier filtering using these basis sets are presented.