Partial Differential Equations
Partial Differential Equations
Partial Differential Equations
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1.2 The Laplace Equation 17<br />
y<br />
2δ<br />
δ<br />
x x 0<br />
0<br />
r<br />
∫<br />
|u(x) − g(x 0 )| =<br />
∣<br />
∫<br />
≤<br />
∫<br />
=<br />
∂B(0;r)<br />
∂B(0;r)<br />
Fig. 1.8.<br />
K r (x, y) ( g(y) − g(x 0 ) ) dS ∂B(0;r) (y)<br />
∣<br />
K r (x, y) ∣ ∣ g(y) − g(x 0 ) ∣ ∣ dS∂B(0;r) (y)<br />
∂B(0;r)∩B(x 0 ;2δ)<br />
∫<br />
+<br />
∂B(0;r)\B(x 0 ;2δ)<br />
K r (x, y) ∣ ∣ g(y) − g(x 0 ) ∣ ∣ dS∂B(0;r) (y)<br />
≤ ε 2 + 2‖g‖ r 2 − |x| 2<br />
∞<br />
rδ n vol(S n−1 )r n−1<br />
K r (x, y) ∣ ∣ g(y) − g(x 0 ) ∣ ∣ dS∂B(0;r) (y)<br />
for x ∈ B(x 0 1 r<br />
; δ) ∩ B(0; r), where, apart from K r (x, y) = 2 −|x| 2<br />
nα(n)r |y−x|<br />
, we used that |x − y| ≥ δ for<br />
n<br />
y ∈ ∂B(0; r) \ B(x 0 ; 2δ) holds because of x ∈ B(x 0 ; δ). Now, if x tends to x 0 , then the second summand<br />
of the estimate tends to zero as well, and the claim follows.<br />
Corollary 1.2.17. Harmonic functions are real analytic.<br />
Proof. One represents the harmonic function by the Poisson formula (1.12) on small balls in the domain<br />
of definition. One observes that the integrand is real analytic, and one uses uniform convergence on small<br />
balls to interchange the power series expansion with the integral.<br />
Exercise 1.2.18. Let R n + := {x = (x 1 , . . . , x n ) ∈ R n | x n > 0}.<br />
(a) For x ∈ R n +, define<br />
ϕ x : R n + → R,<br />
y ↦→ Φ(y 1 − x 1 , . . . , y n−1 − x n−1 , y n + x n ),<br />
where Φ is the fundamental solution for the Laplace equation ∆u = 0 on R n . Show:<br />
(i) ϕ x is harmonic.<br />
(ii) ϕ x has a continuous extension to R n + = {x = (x 1 , . . . , x n ) ∈ R n | x n ≥ 0} such that<br />
(b) Define a function<br />
Show:<br />
2<br />
(x, y) =<br />
(i) ∂G<br />
∂ν<br />
x n<br />
nα(n) |y−x|<br />
. n<br />
ϕ x (y) = Φ(y − x) ∀y ∈ ∂R n +.<br />
G: {(x, y) ∈ R n + × R n + | x ≠ y} → R,<br />
(x, y) ↦→ Φ(y − x) − ϕ x (y).