Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 105 / 2 / c

First choose a test function $v\in C_c^{\infty }(U)$. The weak formulation and integration by parts giveThe fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations implies $-\Delta u=f$ pointwise because $u\in C^2(\overline{U})$ and $f$ is continuous. The Dirichlet boundary condition on ${\Gamma }_1$ already follows from $u\in V$ and continuity of $u$.

For arbitrary $v\in V$, Green's first identity and the interior equation now reduce the weak identity toThe traces of smooth members of $V$ can be chosen freely on compact subsets of ${\Gamma }_2$. Another application of the fundamental lemma of the calculus of variations, now on the boundary, gives ${\partial }_{\nu }u=0$ pointwise on ${\Gamma }_2$. Hence $u$ is a classical solution of the complete mixed boundary value problem.

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