Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 1107-1139, 2007

The Neumann problem for the Laplace equation
on general domains

Dagmar Medkova

D. Medkova, Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Zitna 25, 115 67 Praha 1, Czech Republic, e-mail: medkova@math.cas.cz

Abstract: The solution of the weak Neumann problem for the Laplace equation with a distribution as a boundary condition is studied on a general open set $G$ in the Euclidean space. It is shown that the solution of the problem is the sum of a constant and the Newtonian potential corresponding to a distribution with finite energy supported on $\partial G$. If we look for a solution of the problem in this form we get a bounded linear operator. Under mild assumptions on $G$ a necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the problem is given and the solution is constructed.

Keywords: Laplace equation, Neumann problem, potential, boundary integral equation method

Classification (MSC 2000): 31B10, 35J05


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