Solution

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Away from the Newton kernel is harmonic, while integrating its normal derivative over a small sphere gives one, proving . Green’s second identity is . For the half-space, images give . Substitution in the boundary formula yields the Poisson kernel ; polar integration against the Gaussian gives exactly the stated one-dimensional integral.

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