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Dimension of the singular set in the parabolic obstacle problem

Analysis of PDEs 2026-03-09 v1

Abstract

In this paper we study the singular set in the parabolic obstacle problem for general obstacles φC2,1\varphi \in C^{2,1}. We prove that the singular set has parabolic Hausdorff dimension at most n1n-1. Prior to our result, this was only known when Δφ1\Delta \varphi \equiv -1. Our approach combines a truncated parabolic frequency formula and monotonicity estimates with an iterative argument showing that the frequency is saturated for all values of the truncation parameter between 22 and 33.

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@article{arxiv.2603.06352,
  title  = {Dimension of the singular set in the parabolic obstacle problem},
  author = {Alejandro Martínez and Xavier Ros-Oton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.06352},
  year   = {2026}
}