Schwarz potential conjecture for a three-dimensional Neumann oval

Let a>b>c>0a>b>c>0, and define

Ω:={(x,y,z)R3:(x2+y2+z2)2(a2x2+b2y2+c2z2)<0}.\Omega:=\{(x,y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3:(x^2+y^2+z^2)^2-(a^2x^2+b^2y^2+c^2z^2)<0\}.

Let Γ\Gamma be the boundary of Ω\Omega, and let W(x)W({\bf x}) be its Schwarz potential. Define

B:={z=0,(x2+y2)2x24(a2c2)y24(b2c2)<0}.B:=\left\{z=0,(x^2+y^2)^2-\frac{x^2}{4(a^2-c^2)}-\frac{y^2}{4(b^2-c^2)}<0\right\}.

Three-dimensional Neumann-oval conjecture. WW can be analytically continued throughout ΩB\Omega\setminus B. This is a proposed higher-dimensional analogue of the Schwarz potential behavior for Neumann ovals: the singularity set is conjectured to be confined to a subset of the xyxy-plane bounded by a two-dimensional Neumann oval. The source presents this as an expected result for a degree-four surface and does not provide a proof.

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Erik Lundberg, “Laplacian Growth, Elliptic Growth, and Singularities of the Schwarz Potential”, arXiv:1009.5159 (2010).

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