An Investigation of a Pair of Integral Equations for the Biharmonic Problem

The paper contains an elementary investigation of the questionof uniqueness of a pair of integral equations connected withthe plane biharmonic problem. It is shown that for two particularexceptional geometries of the boundary curve the pair of integralequations does not have a unique solution. This defect can beremoved by adding two supplementary integral conditions whichthe solution of the integral equations must satisfy. As an illustrationthe integral equations are solved numerically with and withoutthese extra conditions.