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p-harmonic functions on graphs and manifolds

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We show that the LiouvilleD p -property is invariant under rough isometries between a Riemannian manifold of bounded geometry and a graph of bounded degree.

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The first author was supported partly by the EU HCM contract No. CHRX-CT92-0071.

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Holopainen, I., Soardi, P.M. p-harmonic functions on graphs and manifolds. Manuscripta Math 94, 95–110 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677841

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