Algebraic structure of quasiradial solutions to the \(\gamma\)-harmonic equation (Q997139)

The author obtains an explicit representation for quasiradial \(\gamma\)-harmonic functions, which shows that these functions have an essentially algebraic nature. A complete description is given of all \(\gamma\) that admit algebraic quasiradial solutions. Unlike the cases \(\gamma=\infty\) and \(\gamma=1\), only finitely many algebraic solutions are shown to exist for any fixed \(|\gamma|>1\). A special extremal series of \(\gamma\) corresponds exactly to the well known ideal \(m\)-atomic gas adiabatic constant \(\gamma = (2m + 3)/(2m + 1)\).