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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

In the plane, we consider the problem of reconstructing a domain from the normal derivative of its Green's function (with fixed pole) relative to the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator. By means of the theory of conformal mappings,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Virginia Agostiniani , Rolando Magnanini

In this paper, we consider the Hessian equations in some exterior domain with prescribed asymptotic behavior at infinity and Dirichlet-Neumann conditions on its interior boundary. We obtain that there exists a unique bounded domain such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Bo Wang , Zhizhang Wang

We study a weak formulation of Serrin's overdetermined boundary value problem in planar Jordan domains with rectifiable boundary. Our first result establishes that, within the class of rectifiable Jordan Smirnov domains, the corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Yi Ru-Ya Zhang

We investigate the overdetermined problem given by \begin{equation*} \Delta u=0 \text{ in } \Omega,\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu} =\sigma_1 u \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \quad |\nabla u|=\text{constant on } \partial \Omega,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Hang Chen , Bohan Wu

In this paper we aim at characterizing the gauge balls in the Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}^n$ as the only domains where suitable overdetermined problems of Serrin type can be solved. We discuss a one parameter family of overdetermined…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Vittorio Martino , Giulio Tralli

We introduce a method, based on the Poincare-Hopf index theorem, to classify solutions to overdetermined problems for fully nonlinear elliptic equations in domains diffeomorphic to a closed disk. Applications to some well-known nonlinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-28 Pablo Mira

We obtain the radial symmetry of the solution to a partially overdetermined boundary value problem in a convex cone in space forms by using the maximum principle for a suitable subharmonic function $P$ and integral identities. In dimension…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-02 Jihye Lee , Keomkyo Seo

In this paper, we first prove a rigidity result for a Serrin-type partially overdetermined problem in the half-space, which gives a characterization of capillary spherical caps by the overdetermined problem. In the second part, we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-09 Xiaohan Jia , Zheng Lu , Chao Xia , Xuwen Zhang

In this paper, we study the solution structures of Serrin-type overdetermined problems with Kirchhoff-type nonlocal terms. We prove that the exact number of solutions is the same as those of some transcendental equations defined by the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-18 Kazuki Sato , Futoshi Takahashi

We investigate an overdetermined Torsion problem, with a non-constant positively homogeneous boundary constraint on the gradient. We interpret this problem as the Euler equation of a shape optimization problems, we prove existence and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-06-26 Chiara Bianchini , Antoine Henrot , Paolo Salani

This paper deals with a semi-classical limit (Theorem 1) by using traditional mathematical methods, and shows a Hopf theorem as a corollary. A formal discussion of it may be found in [7].

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yanlin Yu

We prove quantitative versions for several results from geometric partial differential equations. Firstly, we obtain a double stability theorem for Serrin's overdetermined problem in spaceforms. Secondly, we prove stability theorems for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-15 Julian Scheuer , Chao Xia

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

In this paper we deal with positive singular solutions to semilinear elliptic problems involving a first order term and a singular nonlinearity. Exploiting a fine adaptation of the well-known moving plane method of Alexandrov-Serrin and a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-24 Francesco Esposito , Berardino Sciunzi

We show that a wide range of overdetermined boundary problems for semilinear equations with position-dependent nonlinearities admits nontrivial solutions. The result holds true both on the Euclidean space and on compact Riemannian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-27 Miguel Dominguez-Vazquez , Alberto Enciso , Daniel Peralta-Salas

In this paper, we study the symmetry properties of nondegenerate critical points of shape functionals using the implicit function theorem. We show that, if a shape functional is invariant with respect to some continuous group of rotations,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-05 Lorenzo Cavallina

In this paper we investigate maximum principles for functionals defined on solutions to special partial differential equations of elliptic type, extending results by Payne and Philippin. We apply such maximum principles to investigate one…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Giovanni Porru , Tewodros Amdeberhan , S. Vernier-Piro

We study the existence of nontrivial unbounded domains $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$ such that the overdetermined problem $$ -\Delta u = 1 \quad \text{in $\Omega$}, \qquad u=0, \quad \partial_\nu u=\textrm{const} \qquad \text{on $\partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-13 Mouhamed Moustapha Fall , Ignace Aristide Minlend , Tobias Weth

Let $L$ be an infinitely degenerate second-order linear operator defined on a bounded smooth Euclidean domain. Under weaker conditions than those of H\"ormander, we show that the Dirichlet problem associated with $L$ has a unique smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Denis R. Bell , Salah E. -A. Mohammed