TY - JOUR T1 - Overdetermined Boundary Value Problems in $\mathbb{S}^n$ AU - Qiu , Guohuan AU - Xia , Chao JO - Journal of Mathematical Study VL - 2 SP - 165 EP - 173 PY - 2017 DA - 2017/06 SN - 50 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jms.v50n2.17.03 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jms/10007.html KW - Overdetermined problems, Schiffer's problem, $P$-function. AB -

In this paper we use the maximum principle and the Hopf lemma to prove symmetry results to some overdetermined boundary value problems for domains in the hemisphere or star-shaped domains in $S^n$. Our method is based on finding suitable $P$-functions as Weinberger ([26]).