The logarithmic $p$-Laplacian on hyperbolic spaces

Abstract

In this paper, the logarithmic $p$-Laplacian operator $\log (-\Delta_{\mathbb H ^n})_p$ on the hyperbolic space $\mathbb H^n$, with $n\geq 2$, is introduced. We prove that if $f$ is a locally Lipschitz function of exponent $\alpha \in (0,1)$ with compact support in $\mathbb H^n$, then, for a suitable constant $A_{n,p}>0$, $$ \lim_{s\rightarrow 0^+}(-\Delta_{\mathbb H ^n})_p^sf(x)=A_{n,p}|f(x)|^{p-2}f(x),\quad x\in \mathbb H^n, $$ where $(-\Delta_{\mathbb H ^n})_p^s$ denotes the $s$-fractional $p$-Laplacian on $\mathbb H^n$. We establish a pointwise integral representation for the operator $\log (-\Delta_{\mathbb H ^n})_p=\frac{d}{ds}(-\Delta_{\mathbb H^n})_p^s\,_{|s=0}$. Furthermore, we show that $\log (-\Delta_{\mathbb H ^n})_p$ can be realized as the solution of a suitable extension problem and provide an extension theorem that yields the operator $\log (-\Delta)_p$ in $\mathbb R^n$. To the best of our knowledge, this property has not been established for the Euclidean logarithmic $p$-Laplacian $\log (-\Delta)_p$.