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On Serrin’s overdetermined problem in space forms

Giulio CiraoloLuigi Vezzoni

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Pure mathematicsGeneral Mathematics010102 general mathematicsMathematical analysisAlgebraic geometrySpace (mathematics)Curvature01 natural sciencesDelta-v (physics)Overdetermined systemNumber theorySettore MAT/05 - Analisi Matematica0103 physical sciencesEuclidean geometryMathematics (all)010307 mathematical physics0101 mathematicsSymmetry (geometry)Mathematics

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We consider Serrin’s overdetermined problem for the equation $$\Delta v + nK v = -\,1$$ in space forms, where K is the curvature of the space, and we prove a symmetry result by using a P-function approach. Our approach generalizes the one introduced by Weinberger to space forms and, as in the Euclidean case, it provides a short proof of the symmetry result which does not make use of the method of moving planes.

10.1007/s00229-018-1079-zhttp://hdl.handle.net/10447/316590