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Representation theorems for nonvariational solutions of the Helmholtz equation

Analysis of PDEs 2026-04-29 v3

Abstract

We consider a possibly multiply connected bounded open subset Ω\Omega of Rn{\mathbb{R}}^n of class Cmax{1,m},αC^{\max\{1,m\},\alpha} for some mNm\in {\mathbb{N}}, α]0,1[\alpha\in]0,1[ and we plan to solve both the Dirichlet and the Neumann problem for the Helmholtz equation in Ω\Omega and in the exterior of Ω\Omega in terms of acoustic layer potentials. Then we turn to prove an integral representation theorem solutions of the Helmholtz equation in terms of an acoustic single layer potential. The main focus of the paper is on α\alpha-H\"{o}lder continuous solutions which may not have a classical normal derivative at the boundary points of Ω\Omega and that may have an infinite Dirichlet integral around the boundary of Ω\Omega\, \textit{i.e.}, case m=0m=0. Namely for solutions that do not belong to the classical variational setting.

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@article{arxiv.2601.12335,
  title  = {Representation theorems for nonvariational solutions of the Helmholtz equation},
  author = {M. Lanza de Cristoforis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12335},
  year   = {2026}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2504.18252, arXiv:2504.12349, arXiv:2504.11487