Entire $s$-harmonic functions are affine

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that solutions to the equation $(-\Delta)^s u=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, for $s\in (0,1)$, are affine. This will allow us to prove uniqueness of the Riesz potential $|x|^{2s-N}$ in Lebesgue spaces.