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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0684.00011.] Two results for plane domains are obtained when the symmetric condition fails in the Gidas-Ni-Nirenberg theorem. (1) The existence of radial solutions, as well as \(Z_ k\) symmetry solutions, for all \(k\), is established for the equation \(\Delta u=u^ p\), \(p>1\), with 0-Dirichlet condition, on the annulus \(x\in\mathbb{R}^ 2\): \(a\leq| x|\leq b\}\), as \(a\to\infty\), \(b>0\) fixed. This result refines those due to \textit{C. Coffman} [J. Differ. Equations 54, 429-437 (1984; Zbl 0569.35033)] and \textit{B. Kawohl} [Rearrangements and convexity of level sets in PDE (Lect. Notes Math. 1150) (Springer 1985; Zbl 0593.35002)]. (2) Some conditions are introduced to guarantee that the maxima of the solutions are attained on the symmetry axis and that the values of the solutions decrease along curves starting from this axis.