A complex-valued function on Euclidean space is harmonic if it is smooth and its Laplacian (sum of pure second partial derivatives along the standard basis directions) vanishes everywhere.
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Any smooth function that vanishes at infinity on Euclidean space is globally bounded: combine continuity with the eventually-small tail to get a uniform bound.
theorem
DifferentialOperators.bounded_harmonic_is_constant
{n : ℕ}
(hn : 0 < n)
(u : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin n) → ℂ)
(hharm : IsHarmonic u)
(hbdd : ∃ (C : ℝ), ∀ (x : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin n)), ‖u x‖ ≤ C)
:
∃ (c : ℂ), ∀ (x : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin n)), u x = c
Liouville's theorem in the form used for Poisson uniqueness: a bounded harmonic
function on ℝⁿ (n > 0) is constant.
theorem
DifferentialOperators.eq_zero_of_const_tendsto_zero
{n : ℕ}
(hn : 0 < n)
(c : ℂ)
(h : Filter.Tendsto (fun (x : EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin n)) => c) (Filter.cocompact (EuclideanSpace ℝ (Fin n))) (nhds 0))
:
A constant function on a noncompact Euclidean space that tends to zero at infinity must be zero, since constants converge to themselves and limits are unique.