On weighted Hardy inequalities for non-increasing sequences

A result of Bennett and Grosse-Erdmann characterizes the weights for which the corresponding weighted Hardy inequality holds on the cone of non-negative, non-increasing sequences and a bound for the best constant is given. In this paper, we improve the bound for $1<p \leq 2$.Comment: 6 page

Sums of Powers and Majorization

We study certain sequences involving sums of powers of positive integers and in connection with this, we give examples to show that power majorization does not imply majorization

The classical overdetermined Serrin problem

In this survey we consider the classical overdetermined problem which was studied by Serrin in 1971. The original proof relies on Alexandrov's moving plane method, maximum principles, and a refinement of Hopf's boundary point Lemma. Since then other approaches to the same problem have been devised. Among them we consider the one due to Weinberger which strikes for the elementary arguments used and became very popular. Then we discuss also a duality approach involving harmonic functions, a shape derivative approach and a purely integral approach, all of them not relying on maximum principle. For each one we consider pros and cons as well as some generalizations