Mean value theorems for solutions of linear partial differential equations with constant coefficients

Abstract

We prove a mean value theorem that characterizes continuous weak solutions of homogeneous linear partial differential equations with constant coefficients in Euclidean domains. In this theorem the mean value of a smooth function with respect to a complex Borel measure on an ellipsoid of special form is equal to some linear combination of its partial derivatives at the center of this ellipsoid. The main result of the paper generalizes a well-known Zalcman’s theorem.