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Plane harmonicity is preserved by holomorphic and antiholomorphic changes of coordinate

Statement

Let u be harmonic on an open set V⊆C.

  1. If ϕ:U→V is holomorphic on an open set U, then u∘ϕ is harmonic on U.
  2. If ψ:U→V is antiholomorphic on an open set U, then u∘ψ is harmonic on U.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A harmonic function u on an open set V.

[L1]

Near every point of V, the function u is the real part of a holomorphic function (Every plane harmonic function is locally the real part of a holomorphic function).

[L2]

Compositions of holomorphic functions are holomorphic (The chain rule for complex derivatives).

[L3]

A map is antiholomorphic exactly when its conjugate is holomorphic, and the same criterion shows that w↦F(w‾)‾ is holomorphic whenever F is holomorphic (A conjugate difference quotient characterizes antiholomorphic maps).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L1L2choose

For the holomorphic case, fix a∈U. By [L1], choose a neighbourhood W of ϕ(a) and a holomorphic function F on W with Re⁡F=u there. Shrinking around a if necessary, ϕ maps that neighbourhood into W, so [L2] makes F∘ϕ holomorphic and Re⁡(F∘ϕ)=u∘ϕ there. Thus u∘ϕ is harmonic near a, and since a was arbitrary it is harmonic on U.

2.1step 1.1L2L3

For the antiholomorphic case, fix a∈U and choose W and F as in step 1.1 around ψ(a). By [L3], the map ψ~(z):=ψ(z)‾ is holomorphic on U, and the map F~(w):=F(w‾)‾ is holomorphic on W‾:={ ζ‾:ζ∈W }. Therefore [L2] makes F~∘ψ~ holomorphic on a neighbourhood of a, and its real part is Re⁡F~(ψ~(z))=Re⁡F(ψ(z))‾=Re⁡F(ψ(z))=u(ψ(z)). Hence u∘ψ is harmonic near a, and therefore on U.

3.1step 1.1step 2.1∎

Steps 1.1 and 2.1 prove the two invariance statements.

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