The solution to the Dirichlet problem on the half-space D={x=(x,y,z):z>0} :
∇2u(x)=0,x∈D,u(x)→0 as ∣x∣→∞,u(x,y,0)=h(x,y)
is given by the formula
u(x0)=u(x0,y0,z0)=∫−∞∞∫−∞∞h(x,y)∂n∂G(x,x0)dxdy
where n is the outward normal to ∂D.
State the boundary conditions on G and explain how G is related to G3, where
G3(x,x0)=−4π1∣x−x0∣1
is the fundamental solution to the Laplace equation in three dimensions.
Using the method of images find an explicit expression for the function ∂n∂G(x,x0) in the formula.