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Convexity for free boundaries with singular term (nonlinear elliptic case)

Analysis of PDEs 2022-11-21 v1

Abstract

We consider a free boundary problem in an exterior domain \begin{cases}\begin{array}{cc} Lu=g(u) & \text{in }\Omega\setminus K, \\ u=1 & \text{on }\partial K,\\ |\nabla u|=0 &\text{on }\partial \Omega, \end{array}\end{cases} where KK is a (given) convex and compact set in Rn\mathbb{R}^n (n2n\ge2), Ω={u>0}K\Omega=\{u>0\}\supset K is an unknown set, and LL is either a fully nonlinear or the pp-Laplace operator. Under suitable assumptions on KK and gg, we prove the existence of a nonnegative quasi-concave solution to the above problem. We also consider the cases when the set KK is contained in {xn=0}\{x_n=0\}, and obtain similar results.

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@article{arxiv.2211.10434,
  title  = {Convexity for free boundaries with singular term (nonlinear elliptic case)},
  author = {Seongmin Jeon and Henrik Shahgholian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.10434},
  year   = {2022}
}

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29 pages, 1 figure

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