Solution

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False. Take , the open unit ball, and . This is a nonzero harmonic function. On the unit sphere, the outward unit normal vector is , so
Thus the prescribed Robin boundary condition holds. Unlike the preceding case, Green's identities now give , which permits nonzero solutions of the differential equation.

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