Separable infinite harmonic functions in cones

Abstract

We study the existence of separable infinite harmonic functions in any cone of R N vanishing on its boundary under the form u(r, $\sigma$) = r --$\beta$ $\omega$($\sigma$). We prove that such solutions exist, the spherical part $\omega$ satisfies a nonlinear eigenvalue problem on a subdomain of the sphere S N --1 and that the exponents $\beta$ = $\beta$ + > 0 and $\beta$ = $\beta$ -- < 0 are uniquely determined if the domain is smooth.