2.II.30A

Partial Differential Equations
Part II, 2006

Define a fundamental solution of a constant-coefficient linear partial differential operator, and prove that the distribution defined by the function N:R3RN: \mathbb{R}^{3} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}

N(x)=(4πx)1N(x)=(4 \pi|x|)^{-1}

is a fundamental solution of the operator Δ-\Delta on R3\mathbb{R}^{3}.

State and prove the mean value property for harmonic functions on R3\mathbb{R}^{3} and deduce that any two smooth solutions of

Δu=f,fC(R3)-\Delta u=f, \quad f \in C^{\infty}\left(\mathbb{R}^{3}\right)

which satisfy the condition

limxu(x)=0\lim _{|x| \rightarrow \infty} u(x)=0

are in fact equal