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A Singular Integral approach to a Two Phase Free Boundary Problem

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2015-11-16 v2

Abstract

We present an alternative proof of a result of Kenig and Toro, which states that if ΩRn+1\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1} is a two sided NTA domain, with Ahlfors-David regular boundary, and the log\log of the Poisson kernel associated to Ω\Omega as well as the log\log of the Poisson kernel associated to Ωext{\Omega_{\rm ext}} are in VMO, then the outer unit normal ν\nu is in VMO . Our proof exploits the usual jump relation formula for the non-tangential limit of the gradient of the single layer potential. We are also able to relax the assumptions of Kenig and Toro in the case that the pole for the Poisson kernel is finite: in this case, we assume only that Ω\partial\Omega is uniformly rectifiable, and that Ω\partial\Omega coincides with the measure theoretic boundary of Ω\Omega a.e. with respect to Hausdorff HnH^n measure.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05419,
  title  = {A Singular Integral approach to a Two Phase Free Boundary Problem},
  author = {Simon Bortz and Steve Hofmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05419},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Changed VMO to "local VMO" spaces, which turns out to be essential

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