The Harmonicity of Slice Regular Functions

Abstract

AbstractIn this article, we investigate harmonicity, Laplacians, mean value theorems, and related topics in the context of quaternionic analysis. We observe that a Mean Value Formula for slice regular functions holds true and it is a consequence of the well-known Representation Formula for slice regular functions over $${\mathbb {H}}$$ H . Motivated by this observation, we have constructed three order-two differential operators in the kernel of which slice regular functions are, answering positively to the question: is a slice regular function over $${\mathbb {H}}$$ H (analogous to an holomorphic function over $${\mathbb {C}}$$ C ) ”harmonic” in some sense, i.e., is it in the kernel of some order-two differential operator over $${\mathbb {H}}$$ H ? Finally, some applications are deduced such as a Poisson Formula for slice regular functions over $${\mathbb {H}}$$ H and a Jensen’s Formula for semi-regular ones.