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Quantitative symmetry in a mixed Serrin-type problem for a constrained torsional rigidity

Analysis of PDEs 2023-11-23 v2

Abstract

We consider a mixed boundary value problem in a domain Ω\Omega contained in a half-ball B+B_+ and having a portion Tˉ\bar{T} of its boundary in common with the curved part of B+\partial B_+. The problem has to do with some sort of constrained torsional rigidity. In this situation, the relevant solution uu satisfies a Steklov condition on TT and a homogeneous Dirichlet condition on Σ=ΩTˉB+\Sigma = \partial\Omega \setminus \bar{T} \subset B_+. We provide an integral identity that relates (a symmetric function of) the second derivatives of the solution in Ω\Omega to its normal derivative uνu_\nu on Σ\Sigma. A first significant consequence of this identity is a rigidity result under a quite weak overdetermining integral condition for uνu_\nu on Σ\Sigma: in fact, it turns out that Σ\Sigma must be a spherical cap that meets TT orthogonally. This result returns the one obtained by J. Guo and C. Xia under the stronger pointwise condition that the values of uνu_\nu be constant on Σ\Sigma. A second important consequence is a set of stability bounds, which quantitatively measure how Σ\Sigma is far uniformly from being a spherical cap, if uνu_\nu deviates from a constant in the norm L1(Σ)L^1(\Sigma).

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@article{arxiv.2210.10288,
  title  = {Quantitative symmetry in a mixed Serrin-type problem for a constrained torsional rigidity},
  author = {Rolando Magnanini and Giorgio Poggesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.10288},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The article has been accepted for publication in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. This amended version includes various improvements and incorporates the referee's suggestions

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