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Subharmonic function

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A **subharmonic function** is a real-valued function that satisfies specific mathematical properties, particularly within the context of harmonic analysis and the theory of partial differential equations.

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Subharmonic function by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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A twice differentiable function is strictly subharmonic where Δu>0. It cannot have an interior local maximum because the Hessian at such a maximum is negative semidefinite.
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