Overdetermined problems and constant mean curvature surfaces in cones

  • Filomena Pacella

    Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
  • Giulio Tralli

    Università di Padova, Italy
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Abstract

We consider a partially overdetermined problem in a sector-like domain in a cone in , , and prove a rigidity result of Serrin type by showing that the existence of a solution implies that is a spherical sector, under a convexity assumption on the cone. We also consider the related question of characterizing constant mean curvature compact surfaces with boundary which satisfy a 'gluing' condition with respect to the cone . We prove that if either the cone is convex or the surface is a radial graph then 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.

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Filomena Pacella, Giulio Tralli, Overdetermined problems and constant mean curvature surfaces in cones. Rev. Mat. Iberoam. 36 (2020), no. 3, pp. 841–867

DOI 10.4171/RMI/1151