We prove that bounded solutions to an overdetermined fully nonlinear free boundary problem in the plane are one dimensional. Our proof relies on maximum principle techniques and convexity arguments.
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author = {De Silva, Daniela and Valdinoci, Enrico},
title = {A fully nonlinear problem with free boundary in the plane},
journal = {Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze},
pages = {111--132},
publisher = {Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa},
volume = {Ser. 5, 9},
number = {1},
year = {2010},
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De Silva, Daniela; Valdinoci, Enrico. A fully nonlinear problem with free boundary in the plane. Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Série 5, Tome 9 (2010) no. 1, pp. 111-132. http://archive.numdam.org/item/ASNSP_2010_5_9_1_111_0/
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