Using Fredholm alternative to prove a necessary condition for existence of a weak solution.

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Let $U = \{ x \in \mathbb{R}^3 | |x| < \pi \}$. Show that a necessary condition for:

$-\Delta u - u = f$

to have a weak solution in $H^1_0(U)$ is that:

$\int_{U} f(x) \frac{\sin(|x|)}{|x|} dx = 0$

From the look of this, I have guessed that we need to turn the PDE into spherical coordinates and then apply the Fredholm's alternative to complete the proof. The fact that $U$ is a sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and the term $\sin(\cdot)$ kinda hints at that. However, I am kinda stuck there. Any suggestions?