A shape optimization approach for a class of free boundary problems of Bernoulli type. (Q351963)

The 2D exterior free boundary problem of Bernoulli type is solved by means of the customary shape optimization problem. The aim is to show the existence of optimal shapes within a sufficiently large class of admissible domains. The main idea is to construct a \(C^1\)-diffeomorphism of a uniform tubular neighborhood of the free boundary by using only the \(C^1\)-regularity of the boundary and to prove the continuous dependence of solutions to the state problem with respect to boundary variations. The techniques rely on a tricky uniform Poincaré inequality for variable domains.