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Overdetermined problems for the rotationally invariant Poisson equation in model manifolds

Analysis of PDEs 2026-02-23 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We present rigidity results for overdetermined problems associated to the rotationally invariant Poisson equation ΔgMu=f(r)-\Delta_{g_\mathcal{M}} u = f(r) in a model manifold M=[0,S)×hSN1\mathcal{M} = [0,S) \times_h \mathbb S^{N-1} with warping function hh. The variable rr ranges in the interval [0,S)[0,S), whose endpoint SS is positive and possibly infinite. The first part of the paper deals with the problem \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta_{g_\mathcal{M}} {u}=f(r) &\mbox{in $\Omega$}, u=\varphi(r) &\mbox{on $\partial \Omega$}, \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} = \kappa(r) &\mbox{on $\partial \Omega$}, \end{array} where ΩM\Omega \subset \mathcal{M} is a bounded domain containing the point OMO \in \mathcal{M} corresponding to r=0r = 0, ν\nu is the exterior unit normal vector on Ω\partial \Omega, and ff, φ\varphi, κ\kappa are three prescribed functions. In the second part of the paper, we consider a similar overdetermined problem for the exterior Bernoulli problem in a domain ΩBR0(O)\Omega \setminus \overline B_{R_0}(O), where BR0(O)B_{R_0}(O) denotes the geodesic ball centered at OO with radius R0R_0, within the class of functions that vanish on BR0(O)\partial B_{R_0}(O). In both cases, we give conditions on ff, φ\varphi and κ\kappa implying that the solution uu is radial and Ω\Omega is a geodesic ball centered at OO. Our results apply in particular to the three space forms RN\mathbb{R}^N, HN\mathbb{H}^N and SN\mathbb{S}^N.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18289,
  title  = {Overdetermined problems for the rotationally invariant Poisson equation in model manifolds},
  author = {Antonio Greco and Marcello Lucia and Pieralberto Sicbaldi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18289},
  year   = {2026}
}
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