Given a homogeneous elliptic partial differential operator $L$ with constant complex coefficients and a class of functions (jet-distributions) which are defined on a (relatively) closed subset of a domain $\Omega$ in ${{\mathbf{R}}^{n}}$ and which belong locally to a Banach space $V$, we consider the problem of approximating in the norm of $V$ the functions in this class by “analytic” and “meromorphic” solutions of the equation $Lu\,=\,0$. We establish new Roth, Arakelyan (including tangential) and Carleman type theorems for a large class of Banach spaces $V$ and operators $L$. Important applications to boundary value problems of solutions of homogeneous elliptic partial differential equations are obtained, including the solution of a generalized Dirichlet problem.

We study singularities of solutions of the heat equation, that are not necessarily isolated but occur only in a single characteristic hyperplane. We prove a decomposition theorem for certain solutions on D+ = D ∩ (Rn × ]0. ∞[), for a suitable open set D, with singularities at compact subset K of Rn × {0}, in terms of Gauss-Weierstrass integrals. We use this to prove a representation theorem for certain solutions on D+, with singularities at K, as the sums of potentials and Dirichlet solutions. We also give conditions under which K is removable for solutions on D∖K.

Let be the invariant Laplacian on the open unit ball B of Cn and let Xλ denote the set of those f € C2(B) such that counterparts of some known results on X0, i.e. on M-harmonic functions, are investigated here. We distinguish those complex numbers λ for which the real parts of functions in Xλ belongs to Xλ. We distinguish those λ for which the Maximum Modulus Priniple remains true. A kind of weighted Maximum Modulus Principle is presented. As an application, setting α ≥ ½ and λ = 4n2α(α — 1), we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for a function f in Xλ to be represented as

for some F ∊ LP(∂B).

We prove that each (vector-valued) function in Sobolev space on a compact set K, which in the interior K0 of K satisfies a system of differential equations, can be approximated by solutions in a neighbourhood of K plus sums of potentials of measures supported on the boundary of K. We discuss the particular case where, for all compact sets K, one can dispense with potentials in such approximations