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I am studying Dirichlet's problem on the half superior plane with the book Mesures, Intégration, Convolution et Transformée de Fourier des fonctions from El Haj Laamri.

The problem is the following:

We are looking for $u\in C^2(\mathbb R\times ]0,+\infty[)$ satisfying

$$(\mathcal D)\quad \begin{cases} \displaystyle\frac{\partial ^2u}{\partial x^2}+\frac{\partial ^2u}{\partial y^2}=0 \\ u(x,0)=f(x) \\ \displaystyle\sup_{y\geqslant 0}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\vert{u(x,y)}\vert\mathrm d x=0 \end{cases}$$

where $f\in L^1(\mathbb R)$. We also assume that for all $y>0$ : $u(\cdot,y)$, $\displaystyle\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}(\cdot ,y)$, $\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}(\cdot ,y)$ and $\displaystyle\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}(\cdot ,y)$ are integrables on $\mathbb R$.

Thanks to this other question, I know that a function $u$ satisfying the third condition

$$\displaystyle\sup_{y\geqslant 0}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\vert{u(x,y)}\vert\mathrm d x=0$$

must be null everywhere.

This is why I do not understand this condition.

Is there an error in the book?

Should it be:

  • $\displaystyle\limsup_{y\geqslant 0}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\vert{u(x,y)}\vert\mathrm d x=0$?

  • $\displaystyle\sup_{y\geqslant 0}\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\vert{u(x,y)}\vert\mathrm d x<+\infty$?

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    My guess after seeing more of the context is that it should be lim sup. This would be a "zero boundary condition at infinity", which would make sense seeing it is given below the boundary condition at $y=0$, and this is a dirichlet problem, so the boundary at infinity should have presecribed values as well.2017-02-26

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