A Converse Mean-Value Property

Abstract

We prove a converse mean-value theorem for harmonic functions associated with the invariant Laplace--Beltrami operator on the real unit ball. Under suitable integrability and topological assumptions on the domain and its Green potential, we show that the invariant volume mean-value property characterizes hyperbolic balls centered at the origin. As a consequence, we also answer a question left open by Bruna and Détraz in the setting of invariantly harmonic functions.