Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2022 / ib / Paper 3 / 14A / a / Solution

Apply Green second identity to $u$ and the free-space Green function $G_{fs}$ on $V$ with a small ball about ${\mathbf{r}}_0$ removed. Both functions are harmonic there, so only boundary terms remain. The contribution from the small sphere tends to $u({\mathbf{r}}_0)$ becausehas unit delta source, while the remaining small-sphere term vanishes. Taking the radius to zero gives Green's third identity