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Green function rigidity for two dimensional sphere

Differential Geometry 2026-01-08 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We verify a conjecture proposed by X. Chen and Y. Shi, which arises from their study of the Green function on spheres in Euclidean space. More precisely, let MR3M\subset \mathbb{R}^3 be a closed C2C^{2} embedded surface and suppose that there exists a point pMp\in M so that its Green function GG is of the form G(p,q)=12πlndR3(p,q)+c,qpG(p,q)=-\frac{1}{2\pi} \ln d_{\mathbb{R}^3}(p,q)+c, \forall q\neq p, then MM must be a round sphere.

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@article{arxiv.2601.03773,
  title  = {Green function rigidity for two dimensional sphere},
  author = {Mijia Lai and Chilin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03773},
  year   = {2026}
}