Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/iii/paper-107/1/i/solution

Let and suppose . The set is closed in by continuity. If , choose a ball . The mean value property for harmonic functions assumed in the question gives
The nonnegative continuous function consequently has integral zero and therefore vanishes throughout the ball. Thus is also open. Since is connected and is nonempty, , so is constant. Applying the same argument to proves the assertion for an attained infimum.

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