Symmetry for a general class of overdetermined elliptic problems

Abstract: Let

O m e g a

be a bounded domain in

m a t h b b R^{N}

, and let

u i n C^{1} (o v e r l i n e O m e g a)

be a weak solution of the following overdetermined BVP:

- a b l a (g (| a b l a u |) | a b l a u |^{- 1} a b l a u) = f (| x |, u)

,

u > 0

in

O m e g a

and

u (x) = 0, | a b l a u (x) | = l a m b d a (| x |)

on

p a r t i a l O m e g a

, where

g i n C ([0, + i n f t y)) c a p C^{1} ((0, + i n f t y))

with

g (0) = 0

,

g^{'} (t) > 0

for

t > 0

,

f i n C ([0, + i n f t y)) i m e s [0, + i n f t y))

,

f

is nonincreasing in

| x |

,

l a m b d a i n C ([0, + i n f t y))

and

l a m b d a

is positive and nondecreasing. We show that

O m e g a

is a ball and

u

satisfies some "local" kind of symmetry. The proof is based on the method of continuous Steiner symmetrization.

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