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Main Author: Wheeler, Miles H.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00455
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contents In this note we construct smooth bounded domains $Ω\subset \mathbb R^2$, other than disks, for which the overdetermined problem $$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} Δu + λu &= 0 &\qquad& \text{ in } Ω, \newline u &= b &\qquad& \text{ on } \partial Ω, \newline \frac{\partial u}{\partial n} &= c &\qquad& \text{ on } \partial Ω \end{alignedat} \right. $$ has a solution for some constants $λ,b,c \ne 0$. These appear to be the first counterexamples to a conjecture of Willms and Gladwell [WG94].
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spellingShingle Non-symmetric solutions to an overdetermined problem for the Helmholtz equation in the plane
Wheeler, Miles H.
Analysis of PDEs
In this note we construct smooth bounded domains $Ω\subset \mathbb R^2$, other than disks, for which the overdetermined problem $$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} Δu + λu &= 0 &\qquad& \text{ in } Ω, \newline u &= b &\qquad& \text{ on } \partial Ω, \newline \frac{\partial u}{\partial n} &= c &\qquad& \text{ on } \partial Ω \end{alignedat} \right. $$ has a solution for some constants $λ,b,c \ne 0$. These appear to be the first counterexamples to a conjecture of Willms and Gladwell [WG94].
title Non-symmetric solutions to an overdetermined problem for the Helmholtz equation in the plane
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00455