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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Zhijie, Fu, Erjuan, Lin, Chang-Shou
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Chen, Zhijie
Fu, Erjuan
Lin, Chang-Shou
author_facet Chen, Zhijie
Fu, Erjuan
Lin, Chang-Shou
contents Let $G(z)=G(z;τ)$ be the Green function on the flat torus $E_τ=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}+\mathbb{Z}τ)$ with the singularity at $0$. Lin and Wang (Ann. Math. 2010) proved that $G(z)$ has either $3$ or $5$ critical points (depending on the choice of $τ$). Later, Bergweiler and Eremenko (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2016) gave a new proof of this remarkable result by using anti-holomorphic dynamics. In this paper, firstly, we prove that once $G(z)$ has $5$ critical points, then these $5$ critical points are all non-degenerate. Secondly, we study the sum of two Green functions which can be reduced to $G_p(z):=\frac12(G(z+p)+G(z-p))$. We prove that for any $p$ satisfying $p\neq -p$ in $E_τ$, the number of critical points of $G_p(z)$ belongs to $\{4,6,8,10\}$ (depending on the choice of $(τ, p)$) and each number really occurs. We apply Hitchin's formula (J. Differ. Geom. 1995) in a surprising way to prove the generic non-degeneracy of critical points. This allows us to study the distribution of the numbers of critical points of $G_p(z)$ as $p$ varies. Applications to the curvature equation $Δu+e^{u}=4π(δ_{p}+δ_{-p})$ on $E_τ$ are also given, and how the geometry of the torus affects the solution structure is studied.
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spellingShingle Green functions, Hitchin's formula and curvature equations on tori
Chen, Zhijie
Fu, Erjuan
Lin, Chang-Shou
Analysis of PDEs
Let $G(z)=G(z;τ)$ be the Green function on the flat torus $E_τ=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}+\mathbb{Z}τ)$ with the singularity at $0$. Lin and Wang (Ann. Math. 2010) proved that $G(z)$ has either $3$ or $5$ critical points (depending on the choice of $τ$). Later, Bergweiler and Eremenko (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2016) gave a new proof of this remarkable result by using anti-holomorphic dynamics. In this paper, firstly, we prove that once $G(z)$ has $5$ critical points, then these $5$ critical points are all non-degenerate. Secondly, we study the sum of two Green functions which can be reduced to $G_p(z):=\frac12(G(z+p)+G(z-p))$. We prove that for any $p$ satisfying $p\neq -p$ in $E_τ$, the number of critical points of $G_p(z)$ belongs to $\{4,6,8,10\}$ (depending on the choice of $(τ, p)$) and each number really occurs. We apply Hitchin's formula (J. Differ. Geom. 1995) in a surprising way to prove the generic non-degeneracy of critical points. This allows us to study the distribution of the numbers of critical points of $G_p(z)$ as $p$ varies. Applications to the curvature equation $Δu+e^{u}=4π(δ_{p}+δ_{-p})$ on $E_τ$ are also given, and how the geometry of the torus affects the solution structure is studied.
title Green functions, Hitchin's formula and curvature equations on tori
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17604