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An anisotropic Serrin's problem in general domains

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-09 v1

Abstract

Serrin's symmetry theorem shows that the classical overdetermined torsion problem forces the domain to be a ball. Extending this rigidity statement to merely Lipschitz (and more generally rough) domains in the weak formulation has been a long-standing and challenging problem, recently resolved by the authors in [12]. In this paper we address the corresponding question in the anisotropic setting: Given a uniformly convex C2,γC^{2,\gamma} anisotropy HH, we study the overdetermined problem for the anisotropic Laplacian ΔHu=div(H(u)DH(u))\Delta_H u={\rm div}\big(H(\nabla u)\,DH(\nabla u)\big) on a bounded indecomposable set of finite perimeter Ω\Omega. Assuming the Ahlfors--David regularity of Ω\partial^*\Omega and a global β\beta-number square-function bound (a weak uniform rectifiability hypothesis), we prove that a weak solution exists if and only if Ω\Omega is a translate and dilation of the Wulff shape, in which case the solution is unique and explicit. In particular, the result applies to Lipschitz domains. While our approach follows the rough-domain strategy of [12] at a high level, the key Laplacian-specific ingredients exploited there have no direct analog for ΔH\Delta_H, necessitating the development of new ideas and techniques.

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@article{arxiv.2603.06119,
  title  = {An anisotropic Serrin's problem in general domains},
  author = {Alessio Figalli and Yi Ru-Ya Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.06119},
  year   = {2026}
}

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