Solvability of the Poisson problem with interior data in L^p Carleson spaces and its applications

We review certain classical quantitative estimates (known as non-tangential maximal function estimates) for the solutions to the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the Laplace equation in a smooth domain in Euclidean space, when the boundary data lies in an $L^p$ space, $p>1$. A natural question that arises is: what might an analogous estimate for the inhomogeneous Poisson problem look like? We will answer this question precisely, and in so doing, we will unravel deep and new connections between the solvability of the (homogeneous) Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation with data in $L^p$ and the solvability of the (inhomogeneous) Poisson problem for the Laplace equation with data in certain Carleson spaces. We employ this theory to solve a 20-year-old problem in the area, to give new characterizations and a new local T1-type theorem for the solvability of the Dirichlet problem under consideration, and to furnish a bridge to the mathematical physics theory of the Filoche-Mayboroda landscape function. The new results are the product of joint work with Mihalis Mourgoglou and Xavier Tolsa.