Special Session 140: Symmetry and Overdetermined problems

A rigidity result for the overdetermined problems with the mean curvature of the graph of solutions operator in the plane

Yuanyuan Lian
Department of Mathematical Analysis, University of Granada
Spain
Co-Author(s):    Yuanyuan Lian; Pieralberto Sicbaldi
Abstract:
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be a $C^{1,\alpha}$ domain whose boundary is unbounded and connected. Suppose that $f:[0,+\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is $C^1$ and there exists a nonpositive prime $F$ of $f$ such that $F(0)=\sqrt{2}/2-1$. If there exists a positive bounded solution $u\in C^3$ with bounded $\nabla u$ to the overdetermined problem $\begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array} {ll} \mathrm{div} \left(\frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+|\nabla u|^2}}\right) + f(u) = 0 & \mbox{in }\; \Omega,\ u= 0 & \mbox{on }\; \partial \Omega, \ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \vec{\nu}}=1 &\mbox{on }\; \partial \Omega, \end{array}\right. \end{equation*}$ we prove that $\Omega$ is a half-plane. It means that a positive capillary graph whose mean curvature depends only on the height of the graph is a half-plane.