Serrin's overdetermined problem on the sphere (Q1703122)

In this paper, the authors consider the following Serrin's overdetermined boundary value problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_{S^N}u=1\text{ in } \Omega,\\ u=0,\,\,\partial_\eta u=\text{const on } \partial\Omega \end{cases} \] in subdomains \(\Omega\) of the round unit sphere \(S^N \subset \mathbb{R}^{N+1}\). They constructed Serrin domains in \(S^N\), \(N\geq2\) which bifurcate from symmetric straight tubular neighborhoods of the equator. This result provides the first example of Serrin domains in \(S^N\) which are not bounded by geodesic spheres.