Cauchy-Green operator

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Cauchy-Green operator by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-11-05
For a smooth function compactly supported in a disc , the Cauchy-Green operator is
Here and , fixing the sign between the two forms of the integral. The kernel is locally integrable, and
Indeed, the distribution is a fundamental solution of , so differentiating its convolution with gives . Smooth compactly supported input makes the convolution smooth and the identity classical.[ref]
For local data without compact support, multiply by a smooth cutoff function equal to one on a smaller disc. The resulting operator solves the original equation there. Applying this construction to coefficients in one coordinate at a time gives the local primitives in the Dolbeault-Poincaré lemma. The solution need not itself have compact support.

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