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Overdetermined problems and constant mean curvature surfaces in cones

Analysis of PDEs 2018-05-08 v2

Abstract

We consider a partially overdetermined problem in a sector-like domain Ω\Omega in a cone Σ\Sigma in RN\mathbb{R}^N, N2N\geq 2, and prove a rigidity result of Serrin type by showing that the existence of a solution implies that Ω\Omega is a spherical sector, under a convexity assumption on the cone. We also consider the related question of characterizing constant mean curvature compact surfaces Γ\Gamma with boundary which satisfy a "gluing" condition with respect to the cone Σ\Sigma. We prove that if either the cone is convex or the surface is a radial graph then Γ\Gamma must be a spherical cap. Finally we show that, under the condition that the relative boundary of the domain or the surface intersects orthogonally the cone, no other assumptions are needed.

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@article{arxiv.1802.03197,
  title  = {Overdetermined problems and constant mean curvature surfaces in cones},
  author = {Filomena Pacella and Giulio Tralli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03197},
  year   = {2018}
}
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