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Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N \geq 3$) be a $C^2$ bounded domain and $\Sigma \subset \Omega$ is a $C^2$ compact boundaryless submanifold in $\mathbb{R}^N$ of dimension $k$, $0\leq k < N-2$. For $\mu\leq (\frac{N-k-2}{2})^2$, put…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Konstantinos T. Gkikas , Phuoc-Tai Nguyen

We exhibit several counterexamples showing that the famous Serrin's symmetry result for semilinear elliptic overdetermined problems may not hold for partially overdetermined problems, that is when both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-02-18 Ilaria Fragalà , Filippo Gazzola , Jimmy Lamboley , Michel Pierre

This paper is concerned with a Neumann type problem for singularly perturbed fractional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations with subcritical exponent. For some smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbf R^n$, our boundary condition is given…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Guoyuan Chen

We provide several characterizations of ring-shaped rotationally symmetric solutions to the Serrin problem in arbitrary dimensions.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Virginia Agostiniani , Chiara Bernardini , Stefano Borghini , Lorenzo Mazzieri

In this paper, we consider a parabolic counterpart of Serrin's overdetermined problem, in which the overdetermined condition (constant flux condition) is imposed only on a discrete infinite set of time values. We show that, under suitable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Lorenzo Cavallina , Andrea Pinamonti

This paper concerns rigidity results to Serrin's overdetermined problem in an epigraph $$ \{\begin{aligned} &\Delta u+ f(u)=0,\ \ \ {in}\ \Omega=\{(x^\prime,x_n): x_n>\varphi (x^\prime)\},\\ &u>0,\ \ \ {in}\ \Omega,\\ &u=0,\ \ \ {on}\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Kelei Wang , Juncheng Wei

Let $n\ge 2$ and $s\in (n-2,n)$. Assume that $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a one-sided bounded non-tangentially accessible domain with $s$-Ahlfors regular boundary and $\sigma$ is the surface measure on the boundary of $\Omega$, denoted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Jiayi Wang , Dachun Yang , Sibei Yang

In this paper, we characterize the rigidity of umbilical hypersurfaces by a Serrin-type partially overdetermined problem in space forms, which generalizes the similar results in Euclidean half-space and Euclidean half-ball. Guo-Xia first…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Yangsen Xie

We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u =\lambda f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $R^{n}$ with Dirichielt boundary condition, where $f$ is a $C^{1}$ positive and nondeccreasing function in $[0,\infty)$ such that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-27 Asadollah Aghajani

Let $f:[0,+\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ be a (locally) Lipschitz function and $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ a $C^{1,\alpha}$ domain whose boundary is unbounded and connected. If there exists a positive bounded solution to the overdetermined…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-22 Antonio Ros , David Ruiz , Pieralberto Sicbaldi

We consider the classical "Serrin symmetry result" for the overdetermined boundary value problem related to the equation $\Delta u=-1$ in a model manifold of non-negative Ricci curvature. Using an extension of the Weinberger classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-14 Alberto Roncoroni

We consider the boundary value problem $$ \cases{ -\Delta_\gamma u = \lambda u + \left\vert u \right\vert^{2^*_\gamma-2}u &in $\Omega$\cr u = 0 &on $\partial\Omega$,\cr } $$ where $\Omega$ is an open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Giovanni Molica Bisci , Paolo Malanchini , Simone Secchi

We consider an overdetermined problem for a two phase elliptic operator in divergence form with piecewise constant coefficients. We look for domains such that the solution $u$ of a Dirichlet boundary value problem also satisfies the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Lorenzo Cavallina

Let $\Omega$ be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $d\geq2$, and assume its boundary $\partial\Omega$ is smooth. Consider solving an elliptic partial differential equation $-\Delta u+\gamma u=f$ over $\Omega$…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-06-20 Kendall Atkinson , David Chien , Olaf Hansen

We consider overdetermined boundary value problems for the $\infty$-Laplacian in a domain $\Omega$ of $\R^n$ and discuss what kind of implications on the geometry of $\Omega$ the existence of a solution may have. The classical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-04 G. Buttazzo , B. Kawohl

We establish the existence of positive solutions to a general class of overdetermined semilinear elliptic boundary problems on suitable bounded open sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. Specifically, for $n\leq 4$ and under mild technical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Alberto Enciso , Pablo Hidalgo-Palencia , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper we consider the existence of solution for the following class of fractional elliptic problem \begin{equation}\label{00} \left\{\begin{aligned} (-\Delta)^su + u &= Q(x) |u|^{p-1}u\;\;\mbox{in}\;\;\R^N \setminus \Omega\\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-11 Claudianor O. Alves , Cesar E. Torres Ledesma

A celebrated theorem of Serrin asserts that one overdetermined condition on the boundary is enough to obtain radial symmetry in the so-called one-phase overdetermined torsion problem. It is also known that imposing just one overdetermined…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-13 Lorenzo Cavallina

In this paper, we deal with the long standing open problem of characterising rotationally symmetric solutions to $\Delta u = -2$, when Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed on a ring-shaped planar domain. From a physical perspective,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-24 Virginia Agostiniani , Stefano Borghini , Lorenzo Mazzieri

In this article we study a Bernoulli-type free boundary problem and generalize a work of Henrot and Shahgholian in \cite{HS1} to $\mathcal{A}$-harmonic PDEs. These are quasi-linear elliptic PDEs whose structure is modeled on the $p$-Laplace…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-11 Murat Akman , Agnid Banerjee , Mariana Smit Vega Garcia