Solution

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Choose continuous boundary values equal to on the lower side and zero on the other three sides. These values agree at all four corners, so they define a continuous function on the boundary of the rectangle. Any solution would satisfy the zero vertical-side conditions of part (a), whose Fourier sine series forces its lower boundary trace to be zero. This contradicts the prescribed value for . Hence these continuous Dirichlet data admit no solution in .

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