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Removable singularity of the polyharmonic equation

Analysis of PDEs 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let x0ΩRnx_0\in\Omega\subset\Bbb{R}^n, n2n\ge 2, be a domain and let m2m\ge 2. We will prove that a solution uu of the polyharmonic equation Δmu=0\Delta^mu=0 in Ω{x0}\Omega\setminus\{x_0\} has a removable singularity at x0x_0 if and only if Δku(x)=o(xx02n)k=0,1,2,...,m1|\Delta^ku(x)|=o(|x-x_0|^{2-n})\quad\forall k=0,1,2,...,m-1 as xx00|x-x_0|\to 0 for n3n\ge 3 and =o(log(xx01))k=0,1,2,...,m1=o(\log (|x-x_0|^{-1}))\quad\forall k=0,1,2,...,m-1 as xx00|x-x_0|\to 0 for n=2n=2. For m2m\ge 2 we will also prove that uu has a removable singularity at x0x_0 if u(x)=o(xx02mn)|u(x)|=o(|x-x_0|^{2m-n}) as xx00|x-x_0|\to 0 for n3n\ge 3 and u(x)=o(xx02m2log(xx01))|u(x)| =o(|x-x_0|^{2m-2}\log (|x-x_0|^{-1})) as xx00|x-x_0|\to 0 for n=2n=2.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702171,
  title  = {Removable singularity of the polyharmonic equation},
  author = {Shu-Yu Hsu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702171},
  year   = {2007}
}

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