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 C1C^1 domain ΩRn\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n (n2n\geq 2) let u+u^+ be the Green's function (for the pp-Laplace operator) with pole at some interior point (origin, say), and uu^- the Green's function in the exterior with pole at infinity. If for some strictly increasing function F(t)F(t) (with some growth assumption) the condition νu+=F(νu)\partial_\nu u^+ = F(\partial_\nu u^-) holds on the boundary Ω\partial \Omega, then Ω\Omega 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

ceni@itu.edu.tr

Henrik Shahgholian

Dept. of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden

henriksh@math.kth.se

C. Babaoglu, H. Shahgholian. “Symmetry in Multi-Phase Overdetermined Problems.” Journal of Convex Analysis 18 (2011), No. 4, 1013–1024.