Differentiation 337
u.,., - Uyy = 0. Show that W1 = Re u( z' z) and W2 = Im u( z, z) are
solutions of Wxy = 0 in the same neighborhood.
- Let u( x, y) be real analytic in some neighborhood of the origin. Suppose
that u satisfies in that neighborhood the partial differential equation
Uxy = 0. Show that w1 = Reu(z,z) and w 2 = Imu(z,z) are harmonic
functions in the same neighborhood.
30. More generally, if u(x, y) is real analytic in some neighborhood of the
origin, and a and b are real constants, prove the following:
(a) If u satisfies the elliptic differential equation
Uxx + Uyy + a(ux + uy) +bu= 0
then w1 = Re u( z, z) and w 2 = Im u( z, z) satisfy in the same
neighborhood the hyperbolic equation
w.,., - Wyy + 2aw., + 2bw = 0
(b) If u satisfies the hyperbolic equation
Uxy + a(u., + uy) +bu= 0
then w 1 = Re u(z, z) and w 2 = Im u( z, z) satisfy in the same
neighborhood the elliptic equation
w.,., + Wyy + 4aw., + 4bw = 0
( c) If u satisfies the hyperbolic equation
u.,., - Uyy·+ a(u., - uy) = 0
then w 1 = Reu(z,z) and w 2 = lmu(z,z) satisfy m the same
neighborhood the hyperbolic equation
Wxy +awy = 0 (L. Kiser [73])
31. If u = u(x,y) is harmonic and of class c<^3 >(D) in a domain D where
Uy # 0, prove that
w = Arctan u.,
Uy
is also harmonic in the same domain.
- Investigate the existence of nonconstant harmonic functions having the
form u = g(xy). Find the corresponding conjugate harmonic if such
u does exist. - Suppose that the function u = u(x, y) is harmonic and homogeneous