Overdetermined elliptic problems in nontrivial contractible domains of the sphere

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Abstract: In this paper, we prove the existence of nontrivial contractible domains OmegasubsetmathbbSd, dgeq2, such that the overdetermined elliptic problem �egin{equation*} �egin{cases} -varepsilonDelta_{g} u +u-u^{p}=0 &mbox{in Omega, } u>0 &mbox{in Omega, } u=0 &mbox{on partialOmega, } partial_{ u} u=mbox{constant} &mbox{on partialOmega, } end{cases} end{equation*} admits a positive solution. Here Deltag is the Laplace-Beltrami operator in the unit sphere mathbbSd with respect to the canonical round metric g, varepsilon>0 is a small real parameter and 1<p<fracd+2d2 (p>1 if d=2). These domains are perturbations of mathbbSdsetminusD, where D is a small geodesic ball. This shows in particular that Serrin's theorem for overdetermined problems in the Euclidean space cannot be generalized to the sphere even for contractible domains.



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