Abstract
In the setting of a metric space that is equipped with a doubling measure and supports a Poincaré inequality, we define and study a class of
Funding statement: The research was funded by a grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Acknowledgements
Most of the research for this paper was conducted during the author’s visit to the University of Cincinnati, whose hospitality the author wishes to acknowledge. The author also wishes to thank Anders and Jana Björn for discussions on variational p-capacities, as well as the anonymous referee for suggestions on how to improve the paper.
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