Extra Example
2. Use Poisson's Integral formula to find the
harmonic function
that is harmonic in the upper half-plane
,
that takes on the boundary values
Explore Extra Solution 2.
![[Graphics:../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_108.gif]](../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_108.gif)
Use Mathematica to make a contour plot of the solution.
![[Graphics:../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_110.gif]](../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_110.gif)
![[Graphics:../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_111.gif]](../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_111.gif)
Then use Mathematica to make a 3D plot of the solution.
![[Graphics:../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_113.gif]](../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_113.gif)
![[Graphics:../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_114.gif]](../Images/PoissonIntegralMod_gr_114.gif)
Therefore, the function
is harmonic in the upper half-plane
, and
takes on the desired boundary values.