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Scientific articles
On the harmonicity of a function with a Bôcher–Koebe type condition
N. P. Volchkovaa, V. V. Volchkovb a Donetsk National Technical University
b Donetsk State University
Abstract:
Let $B_R$ be an open ball of radius $R$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with the center at zero,
$B_{0,R}=B_R\backslash \{0\},$ and a function $f$ be harmonic in $B_{0,R}.$ If $f$ has zero residue
at the point $x=0,$ then the flow of its gradient through any sphere lying in $B_{0,R}$ is zero. In
this paper, the reverse phenomenon is studied for the case when only spheres of one or two fixed
radii $r_1$ и $r_2$ are allowed. A description of the class
\begin{equation*}
\mathfrak{H}_r(B_{0,R})=\bigg\{f\in C^{\infty}(B_{0,R}):
\int_{S_{r}(x)} \frac{\partial f}{\partial \mathbf{n}}\, d\omega =0\quad \forall x\in B_{R-r}\backslash
S_{r}\bigg\}
\end{equation*}
was found, where $r\in (0,R/2),$ $S_r(x)=\{y\in \mathbb{R}^n: |y-x|=r\},$ $S_r=S_r(0).$ It is
proved that if $r_1/r_2$ is not a ratio of the zeros of the Bessel function $J_{n/2}$ and
$f\in(\mathfrak{H}_{r_1}\cap\mathfrak{H}_{r_2})(B_{0,R}),$ then the function $f$ is harmonic in
$B_{0,R}$ and ${\mathrm{Res}}\, (f,0)=0.$ This result cannot be significantly improved. Namely, if
$r_1/r_2 =\alpha/\beta,$ where $J_{n/2}(\alpha)=J_{n/2}(\beta)=0,$ or $R< r_1+r_2,$ then there
exists a function $f\in C^{\infty}(B_{R})$ non-harmonic in
$B_{0,R}$ and such that
\begin{equation*}
\int_{S_{r_j}(x)} \frac{\partial f}{\partial \mathbf{n}}\, d\omega =0,\quad x\in B_{R-r_j},\quad j\in \{1;2\}.
\end{equation*}
In addition, the condition $f\in C^{\infty}(B_{0,R})$ cannot be replaced, generally speaking, by
the requirement $f\in C^{s}(B_{R})$ for an arbitrary fixed $s\in \mathbb{N}.$
Keywords:
harmonic functions, Bôcher–Koebe condition, spherical harmonics, Pompeiu sets
Received: 16.01.2024 Accepted: 07.06.2024
Citation:
N. P. Volchkova, V. V. Volchkov, “On the harmonicity of a function with a Bôcher–Koebe type condition”, Russian Universities Reports. Mathematics, 29:146 (2024), 125–137
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/vtamu318 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/vtamu/v29/i146/p125
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