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Fundamental solution for the positive operator minus Laplacian

Statement

Assume Countable Choice and n≥2. With ωn−1=∣Sn−1∣>0 in the published chart/polar convention, set Φ(x)=∣x∣2−n/((n−2)ωn−1) for n≥3 and Φ(x)=−(2π)−1log⁡∣x∣ for n=2, x≠0. Extend it as a locally integrable function at the pole. The one-dimensional analogue is −12∣x∣; the subsequent n≥2 Green theory does not silently include it.

Definition

The kernel candidate for the operator −Δ is Φn(x)={∣x∣2−n(n−2)ωn−1,n≥3,−12πlog⁡∣x∣,n=2,x≠0. Its value at 0 may be assigned arbitrarily; the resulting measurable function is interpreted through its locally integrable class. Here ωn−1 is the chart surface measure, which agrees with the polar measure σ. In dimension one put Φ1(x)=−∣x∣/2. This fixes the positive-minus-Laplacian sign convention; the later distributional theorem proves −ΔΦn=δ0 for n≥2.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: Assume ACω, let n≥2, and use the published chart/polar convention for surface measure and Lebesgue polar coordinates. The one-dimensional profile is considered separately.

[A1]

Countable Choice, written ACω, says every sequence of nonempty sets has a choice function. (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω)).

[F1]

The chart surface measure agrees with the polar measure and satisfies ∣Sn−1∣=n∣B1∣. (Agreement with the existing polar sphere measure).

[F2]

Every Euclidean ball of positive radius has positive finite Lebesgue measure under Countable Choice. (Euclidean balls have positive finite Lebesgue measure).

[F3]

The unit ball volume is Vn(1)=πn/2/Γ(n/2+1), hence ∣B1∣=π in dimension two. (The closed form for the volume of the unit n-ball).

[F4]

For nonnegative Borel q, polar integration gives ∫Rnq(x) dx=∫0∞∫Sn−1q(rω)rn−1 dσ(ω) dr. (Polar coordinates decompose Lebesgue measure into r^{n-1} dr d sigma).

[F5]

A distribution E is a fundamental solution of a constant-coefficient operator L when LE=δ0. (Fundamental solution of a constant-coefficient operator).

[F6]

A locally integrable function defines the regular functional ⟨uf,φ⟩=∫fφ. (Regular distribution from a locally integrable function).

[F7]

Distributional second derivatives act by the signed test derivative formula. (Distributional derivative).

[F8]

The Dirac distribution satisfies δ0(φ)=φ(0). (Dirac delta and its derivatives).

[F9]

The Laplacian is the divergence of the gradient, with Δf=∑i∂i2f. (The Laplacian of a C2 function and of a C2 vector field).

[F10]

Under Countable Choice, every singleton in Rn is Lebesgue null. (A box with a degenerate side is Lebesgue null, and so is every coordinate hyperplane in Rn).

Proof

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1.1givenA1F1F2F3F9

By [F1] and [F2], ωn−1=n∣B1∣ is finite and strictly positive. In dimension two, [F3] gives ∣B1∣=π, so ω1=2π and the logarithmic coefficient in the Statement is exactly 1/ω1. The operator sign is L=−Δ using the definition [F9]. This uses the Countable Choice assumption [A1] through the measure convention.

1.2givenF5F6F7F8algebra

In dimension one, ∫−RR∣Φ1(x)∣ dx=R2/2, so Φ1 is locally integrable. For a test φ, [F7] gives ⟨−Φ1′′,φ⟩=−∫RΦ1(x)φ′′(x) dx. The slopes of Φ1 are +1/2 to the left of zero and −1/2 to the right; integrating by parts separately on the two half-lines, the compact-support endpoint terms vanish and ∫RΦ1φ′′=−φ(0), so the negative integral equals φ(0)=δ0(φ) by [F8]. Thus −Φ1′′=δ0 and [F5] identifies it as the one-dimensional fundamental-solution analogue for L=−d2/dx2.

2.1step 1.1A1F4

Let 0<R≤1. For n≥3, [F4] gives ∫BR∣Φn(x)∣ dx=1n−2∫0Rr dr=R22(n−2)<∞. For n=2, using ω1=2π from step 1.1, it gives ∫BR∣Φ2(x)∣ dx=∫0Rr(−log⁡r) dr=−R22log⁡R+R24<∞. The polar integration use [F4] also assumes [A1].

3.1step 2.1F6F10

The formulas are continuous away from zero, so they are integrable on every compact set avoiding the pole. Step 2.1 proves integrability in a neighborhood of the pole; hence Φn∈Lloc1(Rn). By [F10], changing its value at the single point zero does not change its almost-everywhere class, and [F6] defines the corresponding regular functional.

4.1step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1step 3.1A1cases∎

The zero-dimensional case is outside the stated n≥2 kernel and has no unit-sphere convention used here. The polar endpoint r=0 is included as an improper integral in step 2.1; away from zero the kernel is smooth. Countable Choice is used only through [F1], [F2], and [F4]; no full Axiom of Choice is used.

Source notes

Hunter §2.6 equations (2.12)–(2.13), printed p. 33; Teschl §5.3 equations (5.22)–(5.26), printed pp. 117–118. The one-dimensional formula is checked directly by its slope jump; for n≥2 the distributional Dirac identity is proved later rather than assumed in this definition.

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