A stationary heat conduction problem

Abstract

We study a basic linear elliptic equation on a lower dimensional rectifiable set $S$ in ${\mathbb{R}}^N$ with the Neumann boundary data. Set $S$ is a support of a finite Borel measure $\mu$. We will use the measure theoretic tools to interpret the equation and the Neumann boundary condition. For this purpose we recall the Sobolev-type space dependent on the measure $\mu$. We establish existence and uniqueness of weak solutions provided that an appropriate source term is given.