On a free boundary problem (Q2479285)

We are concerned with the existence of positive solutions of the following discontinuous problem: \[ -\Delta u=f(u)H(u-\mu)\quad\text{in }\Omega, \qquad u=h\quad\text{on }\partial\Omega, \] where \(\Omega\) is the unit ball of \(\mathbb R^n\) \((n\geq 3)\) and \(H\)H is the Heaviside function. The problem is written in an equivalent integral equation form. The shape of the free boundary problem \(\{x\in\Omega\mid u(x)=\mu\}\) is studied when \(\mu\) is a positive real parameter, \(f\) and \(h\) are given functions.