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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 107 2 ii Solution by
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For the bounded-domain correction, let be the family of Perron subfunctions for the Poisson equation with on . The subfunction condition is ball comparison: whenever and a classical solution of on satisfies on , it also satisfies throughout . For a function this is the sign condition . A superfunction reverses both inequalities.
The Perron solution is the pointwise upper envelope of the subfunctions:This is the Perron method for the Dirichlet problem with the Poisson equation replacing the homogeneous Laplace equation. The power barrier for an exterior cone supplies a global member of and a global superfunction, as constructed below. The permitted subfunction-superfunction comparison therefore makes this envelope finite. The standard interior Perron theorem, available in the question, gives and ; neither result needs to be proved in this part.
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