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We construct nontrivial smooth bounded domains $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ of the form $\Omega_0 \setminus \overline{\Omega}_1$, bifurcating from annuli, for which there exists a positive solution to the overdetermined boundary value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Nikola Kamburov , Luciano Sciaraffia

We investigate symmetry and quantitative approximate symmetry for an overdetermined problem related to the fractional torsion equation in a regular open, bounded set $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$. Specifically, we show that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Michele Gatti , Julian Scheuer , Tobias Weth

We study existence of nontrivial solutions to problem \begin{equation*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta u &=& \lambda u+f(u)&\text{ in }\Omega,\\ u&=&0&\text{ on }\partial \Omega, \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where $\Omega…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Alexis Molino , Salvador Villegas

Let $u$ be a bounded positive solution to the problem $-\Delta_p u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with zero Dirichlet boundary condition, where $p>1$ and $f$ is a locally Lipschitz continuous function. Among other things, we show that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Phuong Le

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

In this note we construct smooth bounded domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$, other than disks, for which the overdetermined problem $$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} \Delta u + \lambda u &= 0 &\qquad& \text{ in } \Omega, \newline u &= b…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Miles H. Wheeler

In this paper, we consider the following overdetermined eigenvalue problem on an unbounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N+1}$ with $N\geq1$ \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u=\lambda u\,\, &\text{in}\,\, \Omega,\\ u=0…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Guowei Dai , Yingxin Sun , Yong Zhang

In this paper, under very general assumptions, we prove existence and regularity of distributional solutions to homogeneous Dirichlet problems of the form $$\begin{cases} \displaystyle - \Delta_{1} u = h(u)f & \text{in}\, \Omega,\newline…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-23 Virginia De Cicco , Daniela Giachetti , Francescantonio Oliva , Francesco Petitta

We consider the nonlinear Poisson equation $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\partial \Omega$. We show (for monotonically increasing concave $f$ with small Lipschitz constant)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-30 Stefan Steinerberger

In this paper, we investigate a nonlocal equation involving the logarithmic Laplacian with indefinite nonlinearities: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} L_\Delta u(x)=a(x_n)f(u), & x\in\Omega, \\ u(x)=0,& x\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Baiyu Liu , Shasha Xu

Let $u$ denote a solution to a rotationally invariant Hessian equation $F(D^2u)=0$ on a bounded simply connected domain $\Omega\subset R^2$, with constant Dirichlet and Neumann data on $\partial \Omega$. In this paper we prove that if $u$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-25 José A. Gálvez , Pablo Mira

Let $\Omega $ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R} ^N $, and let $u\in C^1 (\overline{\Omega }) $ be a weak solution of the following overdetermined BVP: $-\nabla (g(|\nabla u|)|\nabla u|^{-1} \nabla u )=f(|x|,u)$, $ u>0 $ in $\Omega $ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-17 Friedemann Brock

A classical regularity result is that non-negative solutions to the Dirichlet problem $\Delta u =f$ in a bounded domain $\Omega$, where $f\in L^q(\Omega)$, $q>\frac{n}2$, satisfy $\|u\|_{L^\infty(\Omega)} \leq C\|f\|_{L^q(\Omega)}$. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-01 David Cruz-Uribe , Scott Rodney

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

Our work proposes a unified approach to three different topics in a general Riemannian setting: splitting theorems, symmetry results and overdetermined elliptic problems. By the existence of a stable solution to the semilinear equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-23 Alberto Farina , Luciano Mari , Enrico Valdinoci

We study Serrin's overdetermined boundary value problems in bounded domains on weighted Riemannian manifolds. When the closure of the domain is compact, we establish a rigidity result that characterizes both the solution and the geometry of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Laura Accornero , Giulio Ciraolo

Let $ \Omega \subsetneq \mathbf{R}^n\,(n\geq 2)$ be an unbounded convex domain. We study the minimal surface equation in $\Omega$ with boundary value given by the sum of a linear function and a bounded uniformly continuous function in $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Guosheng Jiang , Zhehui Wang , Jintian Zhu

We present rigidity results for overdetermined problems associated to the rotationally invariant Poisson equation $-\Delta_{g_\mathcal{M}} u = f(r)$ in a model manifold $\mathcal{M} = [0,S) \times_h \mathbb S^{N-1}$ with warping function…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Antonio Greco , Marcello Lucia , Pieralberto Sicbaldi

Suppose that $G=(V, E)$ is a connected locally finite graph with the vertex set $V$ and the edge set $E$. Let $\Omega\subset V$ be a bounded domain. Consider the following quasilinear elliptic equation on graph $G$ $$ \left \{…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-14 Shoudong Man , Guoqing Zhang

In this article, we study domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{S}^2$ that support positive solutions of the overdetermined problem $$ \Delta u + f(u,|\nabla u|)=0 \quad \text{in } \Omega, $$ subject to the boundary conditions $u=0$ on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-23 José M. Espinar , Diego A. Marín