Representation of harmonic functions as potentials and the Cauchy problem (Q2518029)

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Representation of harmonic functions as potentials and the Cauchy problem
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    Representation of harmonic functions as potentials and the Cauchy problem (English)
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    12 January 2009
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    Let \(D\) be a bounded, simply connected domain in \({\mathbb R}^m\), \(m\in\{2,3\}\), with boundary \(\partial D\) consisting of a compact, connected part \(T\) of the plane \({\mathbb R}^2\times\{0\}\) for \(m=3\), or of a segment \([a,b]\times\{0\}\) for \(m=2\), and a smooth part \(S\) of a Lyapunov surface for \(m=3\), or a smooth arc of a curve for \(m=2\), lying in the half-space \({\mathbb R}^2\times [0,\infty[\) or \({\mathbb R}\times [0,\infty[\), respectively. The author presents an explicit continuation and a regularization formula for the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation in \(D\) if the Cauchy data are given on \(S\). (This is one of the ill-posed problems.) Both formulae make use of the so-called Carleman function. The article closes by presenting a necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of this Cauchy problem.
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    harmonic function
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    potential
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    Cauchy problem
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    Laplace equation
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    Carleman function
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    Lyapunov condition
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    ill-posed problem
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