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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics V 2 a iii Solution by
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Take in Green's second identity. Since , , on the unit sphere, and there,The final term vanishes by the divergence theorem, because it equals . ThereforeWe assume sufficient boundary regularity for the stated boundary values and integrals, or use the corresponding trace/limit formulation. This is the equality of volume and surface averages for a harmonic function, since the unit ball and sphere have volume and area .
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