Overdetermined problems and constant mean curvature surfaces in cones (Q783783)

Summary: We consider a partially overdetermined problem in a sector-like domain \(\Omega\) in a cone \(\Sigma\) in \(\mathbb{R}^N\), \(N\geq 2\), and prove a rigidity result of Serrin type by showing that the existence of a solution implies that \(\Omega\) is a spherical sector, under a convexity assumption on the cone. We also consider the related question of characterizing constant mean curvature compact surfaces \(\Gamma\) with boundary which satisfy a `gluing' condition with respect to the cone \(\Sigma\). We prove that if either the cone is convex or the surface is a radial graph then \(\Gamma\) must be a spherical cap. Finally we show that, under the condition that the relative boundary of the domain or the surface intersects orthogonally the cone, no other assumptions are needed.