Quantitative stability for the nonlocal overdetermined Serrin problem
We establish quantitative stability for the nonlocal Serrin overdetermined problem, via the method of the moving planes. Interestingly, our stability estimate is even better than those obtained so far in the classical setting (i.e., for the classical Laplacian) via the method of the moving planes. A crucial ingredient is the construction of a new antisymmetric barrier, which allows a unified treatment of the moving planes method. This strategy allows us to establish a new general quantitative nonlocal maximum principle for antisymmetric functions, leading to new quantitative nonlocal versions of both the Hopf lemma and the Serrin corner point lemma. All these tools – i.e., the new antisymmetric barrier, the general quantitative nonlocal maximum principle, and the quantitative nonlocal versions of both the Hopf lemma and the Serrin corner point lemma – are of independent interest.
Authors
- Serena Dipierro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4386-4485)
- Giorgio Poggesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3961-542X)
- Enrico Valdinoci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6222-2272)
- J. C. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6299-2688)
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Mathematics
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2026.111243
- Primary Topic
- Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi"
- Australian Government
- Australian Mathematical Society