Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / ii / Paper 1 / 24F / c / Solution

Lift $u$ through the complex exponential by settingThe conformal invariance of harmonicity makes $v$ harmonic. Since $e^{w+2\pi i}=e^w$ and $u(2z)=u(z)$,Thus $v$ is bounded on the compact rectangleand its two periods make it bounded on the whole plane. The Harmonic Liouville theorem makes $v$ constant. Since the exponential map is surjective onto ${\mathbb{C}}^{\ast }$, $u$ is constant.

For the requested counterexample after deleting a countable set, takeand let ${\wp }_{\Lambda }$ be the Weierstrass elliptic function for the latticeDefineChanging a branch of the logarithm adds $2\pi i$, a period of ${\wp }_{\Lambda }$, so $u$ is well defined. Its poles project precisely to $S$, and the conformal invariance of harmonicity makes $u$ harmonic away from them. The other period givesMoreover, $z\notin S$ implies $2z\notin S$. Finally, $u$ is nonconstant because as positive real $z\to 1$,which is real and unbounded. This is a scale-periodic harmonic function from an elliptic function.

Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.