A fully nonlinear problem with free boundary in the plane
Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze, Serie 5, Volume 9 (2010) no. 1, pp. 111-132.

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.

Classification: 35J60, 35N25, 35B06
De Silva, Daniela 1; Valdinoci, Enrico 2

1 Department of Mathematics, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY 10027, New York
2 Dipartimento di Matematica, II Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italia
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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, Serie 5, Volume 9 (2010) no. 1, pp. 111-132. http://archive.numdam.org/item/ASNSP_2010_5_9_1_111_0/

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