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Non-isoparametric Serrin domains of $\mathbb{S}^3$ with connected toric boundary

Analysis of PDEs 2025-11-21 v1

Abstract

We investigate the overdetermined torsion problem {Δu=1in Ωu=0on Ωuν=const.on Ω,\begin{cases} -\Delta u = 1 & \text{in}\ \Omega\\ u=0 & \text{on}\ \partial \Omega\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}=\text{const.} & \text{on}\ \partial \Omega, \end{cases} where Ω\Omega is a smooth Riemannian domain. Domains admitting a solution to this problem are called \textit{Serrin domains}, after the celebrated work of Serrin \cite{Se71}, where is proved that in Rn\mathbb{R}^n such domains are geodesic balls. In the present paper we establish the existence of two distinct types of Serrin domains of S3\mathbb{S}^3, respectively of small and large volume, each of whose boundary is connected and is neither isometric to a geodesic sphere nor to a Clifford torus. These domains arise as nontrivial perturbations of some classical symmetric solutions to the same problem. Our approach relies on an implicit construction based on the Crandall-Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem, which allows us to detect branches of non-radial solutions bifurcating from a family of radial ones. The resulting examples highlight new geometric configurations of the torsion problem in the three-dimensional sphere, providing another proof of the fact that the rigidity of Serrin-type results can fail in the presence of curvature.

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@article{arxiv.2511.16531,
  title  = {Non-isoparametric Serrin domains of $\mathbb{S}^3$ with connected toric boundary},
  author = {Andrea Bisterzo and Shigeru Sakaguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.16531},
  year   = {2025}
}