An inverse problem for the double layer potential (Q1851471)

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 \(\overline\mathbb{D})\).