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Optimal concavity of the torsion function

Analysis of PDEs 2017-01-23 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

In this short note we consider an unconventional overdetermined problem for the torsion function: let n2n\geq 2 and Ω\Omega be a bounded open set in Rn\mathbb{R}^n whose torsion function uu (i.e. the solution to Δu=1\Delta u=-1 in Ω\Omega, vanishing on Ω\partial\Omega) satisfies the following property: Mu(x)\sqrt{M-u(x)} is convex, where M=max{u(x):xΩ}M=\max\{u(x)\,:\,x\in\overline\Omega\}. Then Ω\Omega is an ellipsoid.

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@article{arxiv.1701.05821,
  title  = {Optimal concavity of the torsion function},
  author = {A. Henrot and C. Nitsch and P. Salani and C. Trombetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.05821},
  year   = {2017}
}
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