Solution

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Green's second identity, with the outward normal derivative, is
Set and , interpreting the logarithmic singularity by a small excised disc or distribution theory. The volume integral is because and . On the boundary and , leaving
For the exterior problem below, apply the identity first in a large truncated region. For bounded harmonic functions the extra circle at infinity contributes zero: tends to a constant, its radial derivative is , and a bounded exterior harmonic function also has radial derivative . This is the condition under which the same boundary representation applies there.

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