SCHWEITZER 1998 Problem 5

Let $K_1$ be an open disk in the complex plane whose boundary passes through the points -1 and +1, and let $K_2$ be the mirror image of $K_1$ across the real axis. Also, let $D_1 = K_1 \cap K_2$ , and let $D_2$ be the outside of $D_1$ . Suppose that the function $u_1( z )$ is harmonic on $D_1$ and continuous on its closure, $u_2(z)$ harmonic on $D_2$ (including $\infty$ ) and continuous on its closure, and $u_1(z) = u_2(z)$ at the common boundary of the domains $D_1$ and $D_2$ . Prove that if $u_1( x )\geq 0$ for all $-1 < x <1$ , then $u_2 ( x )\geq 0$ for all $x>1$ and $x<-1$ .