Dirichlet problem

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The Dirichlet problem is a fundamental boundary value problem in potential theory and partial differential equations, asking for a function that solves a specified PDE inside a domain while taking prescribed values on the domain’s boundary.

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instanceOf boundary value problem
mathematical problem
problem in partial differential equations
problem in potential theory
asksFor a function attaining prescribed boundary values
a function solving a given PDE in a domain
boundaryConditionType Dirichlet boundary condition
field complex analysis
geometric analysis
harmonic analysis
mathematical analysis
partial differential equations
potential theory
hasAspect existence of solutions
regularity of solutions
stability of solutions
uniqueness of solutions
hasSpecialCase Dirichlet problem for the unit disk
Dirichlet problem on a Riemannian manifold
Dirichlet problem on a bounded domain
historicalPeriod 19th century mathematics
involves boundary conditions
boundary of a domain
domain in Euclidean space
partial differential equation
namedAfter Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
relatedTo Neumann problem
Robin boundary condition
mixed boundary value problem
requiresCondition compatibility of boundary data
sufficient regularity of the domain
solutionType classical solution
harmonic function
weak solution
solvedByMethod Green function methods
Perron method
finite difference method
finite element method
method of layer potentials
subharmonic function techniques
variational methods
studiedIn Banach spaces
Hilbert spaces
Sobolev spaces
typicalPDE Laplace equation
Poisson equation
elliptic partial differential equation
usedIn electrostatics
fluid mechanics
gravitational potential theory
heat conduction

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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet notableWork Dirichlet problem
Weyl law originallyFormulatedFor Dirichlet Laplacian on bounded domains in R^n
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Dirichlet knownFor Dirichlet problem
Dirichlet principle appliesTo Dirichlet problem
Poisson kernel relatedTo Dirichlet problem
Functions of One Complex Variable topic Dirichlet problem
Lax–Milgram theorem usedIn Dirichlet boundary value problems
linked to: Dirichlet problem
Steklov eigenvalue problem relatedTo Dirichlet boundary value problem
linked to: Dirichlet problem