Optimal estimates for the gradient of harmonic functions in the multidimensional half-space (Q983443)

The authors find a representation for the sharp coefficient \(C_p(x)\) in the inequality \[ |\nabla u(x)|\leq C_p(x)\| u\|_p, \] where \(u\) is harmonic function in the half-space \(\mathbb R_+^n=\{x=(x',x_n):x'\in\mathbb R^{n-1}\), \(x_n>0\}\) represented by the Poisson integral with boundary values in \(\left(L^p(\mathbb R^{n-1}),\| .\|_p\right)\), \(\nabla\) being the gradient of \(u\). It is shown that \[ C_p(x)=C_px_n^{(1-n-p)/p}, \] and explicit formulas for \(C_p, p=1,2,\infty\) are given.