The Neumann problem on ellipsoids

DOI10.1007/S12190-017-1105-4MaRDI QIDQ721557zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sheldon Axler, Peter J. Shin

Publication date 19 July 2018

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.00433, http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5930933

zbMATH Keywords

ellipsoidharmonic functionNeumann problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic, subharmonic, superharmonic functions in higher dimensions (31B05) Boundary value and inverse problems for harmonic functions in higher dimensions (31B20)

Abstract: The Neumann problem on an ellipsoid in R^n asks for a function harmonic inside the ellipsoid whose normal derivative is some specified function on the ellipsoid. We solve this problem when the specified function on the ellipsoid is a normalized polynomial (a polynomial divided by the norm of the normal vector arising from the definition of the ellipsoid). Specifically, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for a solution to exist, and we show that if a solution exists then it is a polynomial whose degree is at most the degree of the polynomial giving the specified function. Furthermore, we give an algorithm for computing this solution. We also solve the corresponding generalized Neumann problem and give an algorithm for computing its solution.

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