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Borghini: Torsion problem for ring-shaped domains.

Borghini: Please write to Andrea.pinamonti@unitn.it or to Andrea.marchese@unitn.it if you want to attend the seminar.
The torsion problem consists in the study of pairs (Ω, u), where Ω ⊂ R^2
is a bounded domain and
u : Ω → R is a function with constant nonzero laplacian and such that u = 0 on the boundary ∂Ω.
A celebrated result due to Serrin states that, if one assumes the additional hypothesis that the
normal derivative of u is constant on ∂Ω, then Ω must be a ball and u is rotationally symmetric.
We discuss the characterization of rotationally symmetric solutions to the torsion problem on
a ring-shaped domain. In contrast with Serrin’s result, we show that having locally constant
Neumann boundary data is not sufficient for this purpose. Nevertheless, we prove that rotational
symmetry can be forced by means of an additional assumption on the number of maximum points.
http://cvgmt.sns.it/seminar/805/
When
Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:30pm – 1:30pm Coordinated Universal Time
Where
Zoom seminar (map)