Solution

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Taking the Fourier transform of a derivative gives
Thus, away from ,
This formula determines the solution uniquely; a distribution supported only at cannot belong to unless it is zero.
For , the Fourier transform estimate and local integrability of in three dimensions control the squared norm. For ,
The Plancherel theorem therefore yields . Finally the Sobolev embedding theorem in three dimensions gives when , namely when .

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