Linearity of the Laplacian under subtraction: for $C^2$ functions $u, v$ on an open set $\Omega$, we have $\Delta(u - v)(x) = \Delta u(x) - \Delta v(x)$ at every $x \in \Omega$.
A function $u : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ is harmonic on an open set $\Omega$ if it is $C^2$ on $\Omega$ and satisfies Laplace's equation $\Delta u(x) = 0$ for all $x \in \Omega$.
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A harmonic function is $C^2$ on its domain.
The difference of two harmonic functions on an open set is harmonic.
The negation of a harmonic function is harmonic.
The surface (boundary) measure on $\partial \Omega$ for a domain $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, provided abstractly as an opaque measure.
Green's first identity for a bounded open set $\Omega$: $\int_\Omega \|\nabla w\|^2 + \int_\Omega w \, \Delta w = \int_{\partial \Omega} w \, \partial_\nu w \, dS$.
Rearranged form of Green's first identity: $\int_\Omega w \, \Delta w = -\int_\Omega \|\nabla w\|^2 + \int_{\partial \Omega} w \, \partial_\nu w \, dS$.
If the Fréchet derivative of $w$ is continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$ and $\Omega$ is bounded, then $\|\nabla w\|^2$ is integrable on $\Omega$.
If a $C^1$ function $w$ on a bounded open set $\Omega$ has vanishing Dirichlet energy $\int_\Omega \|\nabla w\|^2 = 0$, then $\nabla w = 0$ pointwise on $\Omega$.
If $w$ has zero Dirichlet energy on a connected, bounded open set $\Omega$ and is continuous up to the boundary, then $w$ is constant on $\overline{\Omega}$.
For $n \geq 1$, the whole space $\mathbb{R}^n$ (modeled as Fin n → ℝ) is not bounded.
A nonempty, bounded, open, connected subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ (with $n \geq 1$) has nonempty topological boundary.
Linearity of the normal derivative under subtraction: $\partial_\nu(u - v)(x) = \partial_\nu u(x) - \partial_\nu v(x)$.
Glue lemma: a function differentiable at every point of $\overline{\Omega}$ is differentiable at any particular point of $\overline{\Omega}$.
If $\nabla w = 0$ on an open set $\Omega$ and $\nabla w$ is continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$, then $\nabla w = 0$ extends to the boundary $\partial \Omega$.
If $w$ has vanishing Dirichlet energy on $\Omega$, then the normal derivative $\partial_\nu w$ vanishes on $\partial \Omega$.
Under a homogeneous Robin boundary condition $\partial_\nu w + \alpha w = 0$ with $\alpha > 0$, the boundary energy integral $\int_{\partial \Omega} w \, \partial_\nu w \, dS$ is nonpositive.
Under a homogeneous Neumann boundary condition $\partial_\nu w = 0$, the boundary energy integral vanishes.
Under mixed boundary conditions — $w = 0$ on a Dirichlet portion $S_D$ and $\partial_\nu w = 0$ on a Neumann portion $S_N$, with $\partial \Omega = S_D \cup S_N$ — the boundary energy integral vanishes.
Uniqueness for Poisson's equation with Robin boundary conditions $\partial_\nu u + \alpha u = g$ ($\alpha > 0$): two solutions $u, v$ of $\Delta u = f = \Delta v$ on a bounded connected open set $\Omega$ that satisfy the same Robin condition agree on $\overline{\Omega}$.
Uniqueness up to constants for Poisson's equation with Neumann boundary conditions $\partial_\nu u = h$: any two solutions $u, v$ differ by an additive constant on $\overline{\Omega}$.
Uniqueness for Poisson's equation under mixed Dirichlet/Neumann boundary conditions: with $\partial \Omega = S_D \sqcup S_N$ (nonempty Dirichlet portion $S_D$), $u = g_D$ on $S_D$ and $\partial_\nu u = g_N$ on $S_N$, any two such solutions agree on $\overline{\Omega}$.
The spherical mean of $u$ around the point $x$ at radius $r$: the average value of $u$ over the sphere of radius $r$ centered at $x$, taken with respect to the $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure. By convention, the value at $r = 0$ is $u(x)$.
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For a harmonic function $u$ on the ball $B(x, R)$, the spherical average function $r \mapsto \fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + r\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega)$ is differentiable on $(0, R)$.
The divergence theorem applied to $\nabla u$ on the ball $B(x, r)$: $\int_{B(x,r)} \Delta u = \int_{\partial B(x,r)} \partial_\nu u \, dS$.
For a $C^2$ function $u$ on $B(x, R)$, the derivative of the spherical average function at $r \in (0, R)$ is, up to a constant $K$, the boundary integral of the normal derivative $\int_{\partial B(x,r)} \partial_\nu u \, dS$.
Combining the boundary-normal formula for the derivative of the spherical mean with the divergence theorem: for $r \in (0, R)$, the derivative of the spherical-average function is, up to a constant, the volume integral of the Laplacian, $C \cdot \int_{B(x,r)} \Delta u$.
For a harmonic function $u$ on the ball $B(x, R)$, the derivative of the spherical-average function $r \mapsto \fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + r\omega)$ vanishes on $(0, R)$.
If $u$ is continuous at $x$, then for any $t$ the scaled translate $\omega \mapsto u(x + t\omega)$ is integrable over the unit sphere with respect to the $(n-1)$-Hausdorff measure.
If $\|f(\omega) - c\| \leq C$ uniformly on the unit sphere $S^{n-1}$, then the deviation of the spherical average from $c$ is also bounded by $C$: $\|\fint_{S^{n-1}} f \, d\sigma - c\| \leq C$.
If $u$ is continuous at $x$, then the spherical average $\fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + t\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega)$ tends to $u(x)$ as $t \to 0^+$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$ and $0 < s \leq r < R$, the spherical averages of $u$ over spheres of radii $s$ and $r$ centered at $x$ agree.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical average $\fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + t\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega)$ tends to $u(x)$ as $t \to 0^+$ (specialization of the continuity-based version).
Spherical mean-value property: for $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$ and any $r \in (0, R)$, the spherical average $\fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + r\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega)$ equals $u(x)$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the function $r \mapsto$ sphericalMean u x r is constant on
$[0, R)$.
Since sphericalMean u x is constant on $[0, R)$ for harmonic $u$, it has right derivative
zero at any $t \in [0, R)$ (in the sense of HasDerivWithinAt restricted to $[t, \infty)$).
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$ and $0 < b < R$, the spherical mean function is continuous on the closed interval $[0, b]$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical mean function is locally constant from the right
at every $r \in [0, R)$: it agrees with sphericalMean u x r on a right-neighborhood of $r$
in $[r, \infty)$.
The right derivative of the spherical mean function is zero at every $r \in [0, R)$, for $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical mean function is differentiable on $[0, R)$
(in the sense of DifferentiableOn).
Left-continuity of the spherical-average function at $r = R$ for $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$: the average $\fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + r\omega)$ tends, as $r \to R^-$, to the corresponding average at radius $R$.
The spherical mean-value property extended to the boundary radius: for $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, $\fint_{S^{n-1}} u(x + R\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega) = u(x)$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical-average function is continuous within $[0, R]$ at the endpoint $R$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical mean function sphericalMean u x is continuous
within $[0, R]$ at the endpoint $R$.
For $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$, the spherical mean function is continuous on the closed interval $[0, R]$.
By definition, sphericalMean u x 0 = u x.
Spherical mean-value property for harmonic functions: for $u$ harmonic on $B(x, R)$ and any
$r \in (0, R]$, the spherical mean satisfies sphericalMean u x r = u(x).
Polar-coordinate decomposition of a ball integral: for a function $g$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$,
$\int_{B(0,R)} g(y)\, dy = |B(0,1)| \cdot n \int_0^R r^{n-1} \fint_{S^{n-1}} g(r\omega)\, d\omega \, dr$,
where the inner average is taken with respect to the toSphere measure on the unit sphere.
Compatibility of two spherical averages on $S^{n-1}$: the average computed via the
toSphere measure derived from the Lebesgue measure agrees with the average computed via the
$(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure.
Polar-coordinate decomposition of a ball integral with the spherical average expressed via the $(n-1)$-Hausdorff measure: $\int_{B(0,R)} g(y)\, dy = |B(0,1)| \cdot n \int_0^R r^{n-1} \fint_{S^{n-1}} g(r\omega)\, d\sigma(\omega)\, dr$.
Radial decomposition of the integral of $u$ over $B(x, R)$ in terms of spherical means: $\int_{B(x,R)} u(y)\, dy = |B(0,1)| \cdot n \int_0^R r^{n-1} \cdot \mathrm{sphericalMean}(u, x, r)\, dr$.
Volume average of $u$ over $B(x, R)$ as a weighted integral of spherical means: $\fint_{B(x,R)} u \, dy = \frac{n}{R^n} \int_0^R r^{n-1} \cdot \mathrm{sphericalMean}(u, x, r)\, dr$.
If the spherical mean sphericalMean u x r equals a constant $c$ for every $r \in (0, R]$,
then the volume average of $u$ over $B(x, R)$ equals $c$.
Volume mean-value property for harmonic functions: if $u$ is harmonic on $\Omega$ and $\overline{B(x, R)} \subseteq \Omega$, then $u(x) = \fint_{B(x, R)} u(y)\, dy$.
The predicate that $u$ is continuous on $\Omega$ and satisfies the volume mean-value property on $\Omega$: for every $x \in \Omega$ and every closed ball $\overline{B(x, R)} \subseteq \Omega$, $u(x) = \fint_{B(x, R)} u$.
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Mean-value maximum lemma: if a continuous function $u$ satisfies the volume MVP at $q$ on $B(q, r)$, is bounded above by $M$ on $B(q, r)$, and attains the value $M$ at $q$, then $u \equiv M$ on the whole open ball $B(q, r)$.
Strong maximum principle: if $u$ has the volume mean-value property on a connected open set $\Omega$ and attains its supremum over $\Omega$ at an interior point $p$, then $u$ is constant on $\Omega$.
Strong minimum principle: if $u$ has the volume mean-value property on a connected open set $\Omega$ and attains its infimum over $\Omega$ at an interior point $p$, then $u$ is constant on $\Omega$.
Weak maximum principle for harmonic functions: if $u$ is harmonic on a bounded connected open set $\Omega$ and continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$, then for every $x \in \overline{\Omega}$ there is a point $q \in \partial \Omega$ with $u(x) \leq u(q)$.
Uniqueness for the Dirichlet problem for Laplace's equation: two harmonic functions on a bounded connected open set $\Omega$ that agree on the boundary $\partial \Omega$ and are continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$ agree throughout $\Omega$.
Uniqueness for Poisson's equation with Dirichlet boundary data: if $u, v$ both solve $\Delta u = f$ on a bounded connected open set $\Omega$, are continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$, and agree on $\partial \Omega$, then $u = v$ on $\overline{\Omega}$.
Comparison principle (strict version): if $u_f, u_g$ are harmonic on a bounded connected open $\Omega$, continuous on $\overline{\Omega}$, with $u_f \geq u_g$ on $\partial \Omega$ and strict inequality $u_f > u_g$ at some boundary point, then $u_f > u_g$ throughout $\Omega$.
Stability estimate for Laplace's equation: if $u_f, u_g$ are harmonic on $\Omega$ with boundary values $f, g$ respectively, and $|f - g| \leq M$ on $\partial \Omega$, then $|u_f - u_g| \leq M$ throughout $\Omega$.
Master uniqueness result for Poisson's equation, packaging the four boundary-condition variants: Dirichlet (unique on $\overline{\Omega}$), Robin with $\alpha > 0$ (unique), Neumann (unique up to an additive constant), and mixed Dirichlet/Neumann (unique).