Pointwise bounds for the Green's function for the Neumann-Laplace operator in \(\mathbf{R}^3\) (Q2158857)

This paper gives estimates on the derivatives of the Green's function for the Laplace operator on a bounded domain \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3\) with Neumann boundary conditions. For a domain of class \(C^{k+1}\) with \(k\ge 2\), for a multi-index \(\alpha\) with \(|\alpha|\le k-2\), the estimates on the derivatives of the Green's function \[ |D_y^\alpha G(x,y)|\le C(\Omega,k)|x-y|^{-(|\alpha|+1)}, \] hold for any \(x, y\in \Omega\), \(x\neq y\). The paper has pedagogical value, as important results scattered through the literature are presented using uniform notations and with a choice of the more elementary proofs.