A Question About Laplace Equation with U={|x|>1}












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I'm trying to prove the question below. And I'm thinking about using Maximum Principle to prove it. However, U here is not a bounded region. Additionally, for the energy method, I cannot get an idea to apply since integration by parts doesn't work here. Also, there is no condition that the limit of u goes to zero as x goes to infinity...



Could anyone give me some ideas about this question? Thanks a lot!



Let $U = {x ∈ R^n: |x| > 1}$, Suppose $u ∈ C^2(U) ∩ C(overline{U})$ is a bounded solution of the following Dirichlet problem: $∆u = 0$ in $U$ and $u = ϕ$ on $Γ = {x ∈ R^n: |x| = 1}$, with $ϕ ∈ C(Γ)$



a) If n = 2, show that there exists at most one solution of the above problem



b) If n=3, show that it is possible to have more than one bounded solutions of the above problem. What additional condition should you impose so that the solution is unique?










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    Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
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    – Wang
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$begingroup$


I'm trying to prove the question below. And I'm thinking about using Maximum Principle to prove it. However, U here is not a bounded region. Additionally, for the energy method, I cannot get an idea to apply since integration by parts doesn't work here. Also, there is no condition that the limit of u goes to zero as x goes to infinity...



Could anyone give me some ideas about this question? Thanks a lot!



Let $U = {x ∈ R^n: |x| > 1}$, Suppose $u ∈ C^2(U) ∩ C(overline{U})$ is a bounded solution of the following Dirichlet problem: $∆u = 0$ in $U$ and $u = ϕ$ on $Γ = {x ∈ R^n: |x| = 1}$, with $ϕ ∈ C(Γ)$



a) If n = 2, show that there exists at most one solution of the above problem



b) If n=3, show that it is possible to have more than one bounded solutions of the above problem. What additional condition should you impose so that the solution is unique?










share|cite|improve this question









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  • $begingroup$
    Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
    $endgroup$
    – Wang
    Dec 23 '18 at 2:49














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$begingroup$


I'm trying to prove the question below. And I'm thinking about using Maximum Principle to prove it. However, U here is not a bounded region. Additionally, for the energy method, I cannot get an idea to apply since integration by parts doesn't work here. Also, there is no condition that the limit of u goes to zero as x goes to infinity...



Could anyone give me some ideas about this question? Thanks a lot!



Let $U = {x ∈ R^n: |x| > 1}$, Suppose $u ∈ C^2(U) ∩ C(overline{U})$ is a bounded solution of the following Dirichlet problem: $∆u = 0$ in $U$ and $u = ϕ$ on $Γ = {x ∈ R^n: |x| = 1}$, with $ϕ ∈ C(Γ)$



a) If n = 2, show that there exists at most one solution of the above problem



b) If n=3, show that it is possible to have more than one bounded solutions of the above problem. What additional condition should you impose so that the solution is unique?










share|cite|improve this question









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I'm trying to prove the question below. And I'm thinking about using Maximum Principle to prove it. However, U here is not a bounded region. Additionally, for the energy method, I cannot get an idea to apply since integration by parts doesn't work here. Also, there is no condition that the limit of u goes to zero as x goes to infinity...



Could anyone give me some ideas about this question? Thanks a lot!



Let $U = {x ∈ R^n: |x| > 1}$, Suppose $u ∈ C^2(U) ∩ C(overline{U})$ is a bounded solution of the following Dirichlet problem: $∆u = 0$ in $U$ and $u = ϕ$ on $Γ = {x ∈ R^n: |x| = 1}$, with $ϕ ∈ C(Γ)$



a) If n = 2, show that there exists at most one solution of the above problem



b) If n=3, show that it is possible to have more than one bounded solutions of the above problem. What additional condition should you impose so that the solution is unique?







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  • $begingroup$
    Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
    $endgroup$
    – Wang
    Dec 23 '18 at 2:49


















  • $begingroup$
    Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
    $endgroup$
    – Wang
    Dec 23 '18 at 2:49
















$begingroup$
Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
$endgroup$
– Wang
Dec 23 '18 at 2:49




$begingroup$
Also, I'm thinking about using Kelvin transorm... But for n=2, how to prove the transformed u* is harmonic by using the boundedness of u. Also, I still don't have an idea about n=3 counterexample.
$endgroup$
– Wang
Dec 23 '18 at 2:49










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