Mathematical constraint on functions with continuous second partial derivatives

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/45/4/045202MaRDI QIDQ3118812zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. D. Franson

Publication date 5 March 2012

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.1393

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathcal C^2\) functionsintegral identity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Higher-dimensional potential theory (31B99) Green's functions for elliptic equations (35J08)

Abstract: A new integral identity for functions with continuous second partial derivatives is derived. It is shown that the value of any function f(r,t) at position r and time t is completely determined by its previous values at all other locations r' and retarded times t'<t, provided that the function vanishes at infinity and has continuous second partial derivatives. Functions of this kind occur in many areas of physics and it seems somewhat surprising that they are constrained in this way.

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