Using techinques of complex dynamics we prove the conjecture of Sheil-Small and Wilmshurst that the harmonic polynomial z − p(z), deg p = n > 1, has at most 3n− 2 complex zeros.

(1.1) Some of the main results described in [Report] are the following (in rough terms; notations and precise references will be given below): (1) A map (f>:{M,g)-+(N,h) between Riemannian manifolds which is continuous and of class L\ is harmonic if and only if it is a critical point of the energy functional. (2) Let (M, g) and (N, h) be compact, and <̂ 0: (M, g) -> (N, h) a map. Then ^0 can be ...

By the degree elevation-based method of approximating rational curves and surfaces using polynomial curves and surfaces, a new effective approach to construct rational Bézier harmonic surfaces over rectangular or triangular domain is presented. First, rational Bézier curves, given as the boundaries, are transferred into some approximate polynomial curves, according to which a polynomial harmoni...

The Bertrand-Darboux integrability condition for a certain class of perturbed harmonic oscillators is studied from the viewpoint of the Birkhoff-Gustavson(BG)-normalization: By solving an inverse problem of the BG-normalization on computer algebra, it is shown that if the perturbed harmonic oscillator with a homogeneous cubic-polynomial potential and the perturbed harmonic oscillator with a hom...

This work concerns superharmonic perturbations of a Gaussian measure given by a special class of positive weights in the complex plane of the form w(z) = exp(−|z| + U(z)), where U(z) is the logarithmic potential of a compactly supported positive measure μ. The equilibrium measure of the corresponding weighted energy problem is shown to be supported on subharmonic generalized quadrature domains ...

Twenty years ago Yau generalized the classical Liouville theo rem of complex analysis to open manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curva ture Speci cally he proved that a positive harmonic function on such a manifold must be constant This theorem of Yau was considerably generalized by Cheng Yau see by means of a gradient estimate which implies the Harnack inequality As a consequence of this gradien...