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Distributional harmonicity and Poisson's equation on an open subset of Rn

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Let n≥1 be an integer and let Ω⊆Rn be open. Write Cc∞(Ω) for smooth real functions with compact support in Ω. A distribution is a continuous linear functional T:Cc∞(Ω)→R. Here continuity means that T(ϕj)→T(ϕ) whenever the supports of ϕj and ϕ lie in one compact subset of Ω and every partial derivative of ϕj converges uniformly to the corresponding derivative of ϕ. Set (∂iT)(ϕ):=−T(∂iϕ),ΔT:=∑i=1n∂i2T. For f∈Lloc1(Ω), Tf(ϕ):=∫Ωfϕ is its regular distribution. We say T is distributionally harmonic when ΔT=0. Given another distribution F:Cc∞(Ω)→R, we say that T solves the distributional Poisson equation −ΔT=F when that equality holds as distributions. These are distinct from the classical conditions on a C2 function in The Laplacian of a C2 function and of a C2 vector field.

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