Elements of Potential Theory on Carnot Groups

Abstract

We propose and study elements of potential theory for the sub-Laplacian on homogeneous Carnot groups. In particular, we show the continuity of the single-layer potential and establish Plemelj-type jump relations for the double-layer potential. As a consequence, we derive a formula for the trace on smooth surfaces of the Newton potential for the sub-Laplacian. Using this, we construct a sub-Laplacian version of Kac’s boundary value problem.