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A distribution is a continuous linear functional on the space $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}_c$ of smooth (indefinitely differentiable) functions with compact support. Though they appeared in formal computations in the physics and engineering literature in the late $19^{th}$ century, their formal setting was brought up by the work of S. Sobolev and L. Schwartz in the middle of the $20^{th}$ century.

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Existence of a special function

Consider a $C^2$ bounded domain $D$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$. Let $b \subset \partial D$ a non-empty part of the boundary. Let $n(x)$ be the unit outward vector on $\partial D$. Is there any smooth function …
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