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Strong maximum principle for harmonic functions

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If a harmonic function on a connected domain attains an interior maximum or minimum, it is constant. The mean value property forces equality throughout every sufficiently small ball around an interior extremum, and connectedness propagates the equality.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2026 / iii / Paper 107 / 1 / a / Solution
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