Abstract:
From the point of view of analytic complexity theory, all harmonic functions of two variables split into three classes: functions of complexity zero, one, and two. Only linear functions of one variable have complexity zero. This paper contains a complete description of simple harmonic functions, i.e., of functions of analytic complexity one. These functions constitute a seven-dimensional family expressible as integrals of elliptic functions. All other harmonic functions have complexity two and are, in this sense, of higher complexity. Solutions of the wave equation, the heat equation, and the Hopf equation are also studied.