Symmetry in an overdetermined fourth order elliptic boundary value problem
Symmetry in an overdetermined fourth order elliptic boundary value problem
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超定四阶椭圆边值问题中的对称性
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1986
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A. Bennett
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A. Bennett
Let $Omega $ be a bounded domain in $mathbb{R}^N $ for which the following boundary value problem has a classical solution: $Delta (Delta u) = - 1$ in $Omega ; = {{partial u} / {partial n}}$ on $partial Omega ;Delta u = c$ (constant) on $partial Omega $. We show that $Omega $ must be an open ball and that u must be radially symmetric about the center of $Omega $. This result is analogous to that of Serrin (Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 43 (1971), pp. 304–318) and Weinberger (Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 43 (1971), pp. 319–320) for the problem $Delta u = - 1$ in $Omega ,u = 0$ and ${{partial u} / {partial n}} = c$ on $partial Omega $. Our result is obtained from a maximum principle for fourth order elliptic equations and several applications of Green’s theorem. We then obtain two characterizations of open balls by means of integral identities–the first depends on our result and the second on that of Serrin and Weinberger.