An inverse problem for the double layer potential

DOI10.1007/BF03320998MaRDI QIDQ1851471zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Ebenfelt, H. S. Shapiro, Dmitry Khavinson

Publication date 13 July 2003

Published in Computational Methods and Function Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0108200

zbMATH Keywords

\(R\)-domainDirichlet problemJordan domainsmatching problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value and inverse problems for harmonic functions in two dimensions (31A25) Boundary value and inverse problems for harmonic functions in higher dimensions (31B20)

Abstract: We consider an inverse problem for the double layer potential which can be formulated, somewhat loosely, as follows. For which smoothly bounded domains D in Euclidian space does the operator J, which maps a function on the boundary to the boundary values of its double layer potential, admit the eigenvalue 1/2. The question is motivated by Fredholm's solution to the Dirichlet problem by means of the double layer potential.

Review text

The authors consider the matching problem in the following form: determine for which Jordan domains \(\Omega\subset \overline\mathbb{C}\) there exist non-constant functions \(f,g\) such that (1) \(f\) is holomorphic in \(\Omega\), and extends continuously to \(\Gamma= \partial\Omega\), (2) \(g\) is holomorphic in \(\Omega'=\overline \mathbb{C}\setminus \overline\Omega\), \(g(\infty) = 0\) and \(g\) extends continuously to \(\Gamma\); (3) \(f(\zeta)= \overline {g (\zeta)}\), \(\zeta\in \Gamma\). The main result is the following Theorem. If \(\Omega\) is an \(R\)-domain of degree at least 2, the matching problem has no nontrivial solution. (Here \(R\)-domain is a simply connected plane domain which is the image of the unit disk \(\mathbb{D}\) under the conformal mapping by a rational function which is univalent in a neighborhood of \(\overline\mathbb{D})\).

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