arXiv · 1403.5796
Riemannian aspects of potential theory
Abstract
In this paper we provide a new method for establishing the rotational symmetry of the solutions to a couple of very classical overdetermined problems arising in potential theory, in both the exterior and the interior punctured domain. Thanks to a conformal reformulation of the problems, we obtain Riemannian manifolds with zero Weyl tensor satisfying a quasi-Einstein type equation. Exploiting these geometric properties, we conclude via a splitting argument that the manifolds obtained are half cylinders. In turn, the rotational symmetry of the potential is implied. To the authors' knowledge, some of the overdetermining conditions considered here are new.
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Virginia Agostiniani, Lorenzo Mazzieri. 2014-03-23. Riemannian aspects of potential theory. https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5796
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