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Abstract
We prove symmetry for a multi-phase overdetermined problem, with nonlinear governing equations. The most simple form of our problem (in the two-phase case) is as follows: For a bounded C1 domain Ω⊂Rn (n≥2) let u+ be the Green's function (for the p-Laplace operator) with pole at some interior point (origin, say), and u− the Green's function in the exterior with pole at infinity. If for some strictly increasing function F(t) (with some growth assumption) the condition ∂νu+=F(∂νu−) holds on the boundary ∂Ω, then Ω is necessarily a ball. We prove the more general multi-phase analog of this problem.
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Ceni Babaoglu
Dept. of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Maslak-Istanbul, Turkey