Uniqueness, symmetry and full regularity of free boundary in optimization problems with volume constraint (Q2372150)

Summary: We study qualitative geometric properties of optimal configurations to a variational problem with free boundary, under suitable assumptions on a fixed boundary. More specifically, we study the problem of minimizing the flow of heat given by \(\int_{\partial D} \Gamma (u_\mu) \,d\sigma\), where \(D\) is a fixed domain and \(u\) is the potential of a domain \(\Omega \supset \partial D\), with a prescribed volume on \(\Omega \setminus D\). Our main goal is to establish uniqueness and symmetry results when \(\partial D\) has a given geometric property. Full regularity of the free boundary is obtained under these symmetry conditions imposed on the fixed boundary.