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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 61 2 c Solution by
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Identical oriented Dirichlet boundary data imply a rotation-invariant solution whenever the Dirichlet problem is unique. For , uniqueness follows directly: the difference of two solutions has zero boundary trace, and integration by parts gives . Thus . The same conclusion holds for a nonresonant negative parameter by invertibility of the Dirichlet Laplacian shift. Then , all three normal traces equal a common , and .
SetDivide the global relation by . Using yields and . Hencewhere the requested known function isFor an explicitly derivative-free form, put and . An integration by parts givesThe uniqueness qualification cannot be removed for every real : at a Dirichlet Laplacian eigenvalue a homogeneous addition need not preserve rotation invariance. The scalar reduced relation then applies to the rotation-averaged solution, but not necessarily to the originally chosen solution. Part (d) treats this genuine exceptional case.
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