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Proof of the Schiffer's conjecture

Analysis of PDEs 2018-02-13 v2

Abstract

The following conjecture has been known for many decades as Schiffer's symmetry problem (or Schiffer's conjecture): Assume that Δu+k2u=0\Delta u+k^2u=0 in DD, uS=0u|_S=0, uNS=1u_N|_S=1, where DR3D\subset \mathbb{R}^3 is a bounded, connected, C2C^2-smooth domain, SS is its boundary, NN is a unit normal to SS pointing out of DD, k2>0k^2>0 is a constant. Then SS is a sphere. In this paper the above conjecture is proved. It is also proved that the relation Seikβsds=0,βS2\int_Se^{ik\beta\cdot s}ds=0, \,\, \forall \beta\in S^2 implies that SS is a sphere.

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@article{arxiv.1706.03032,
  title  = {Proof of the Schiffer's conjecture},
  author = {A. G. Ramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.03032},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

the argument is not complete

R2 v1 2026-06-22T20:14:21.707Z