Characterization of functions on \(\mathbb{R}^3\) with bounded Newtonian potential (Q1598503)

The goal of this paper is to present a characterization of the functions \(f\) defined on \(\mathbb{R}^N\) for which there exists some \(\psi\in L^\infty (\mathbb{R}^N)\) such that (1) \(-\Delta\psi=f\). It is easy to see that, when \(f\) is periodic, the necessary and sufficient condition for the potential \(\psi\) to exist and be bounded is reduced to the fact that the mean value of \(f\) over its periodic cell vanishes. The authors derive such a necessary and sufficient conditions for (1), when \(f\) exhibits no periodic feature.