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On the Bernoulli problem with unbounded jumps

Analysis of PDEs 2022-10-24 v1

Abstract

We investigate Bernoulli free boundary problems prescribing infinite jump conditions. The mathematical set-up leads to the analysis of non-differentiable minimization problems of the form (u(A(x)u)+φ(x)1{u>0})dxmin\int \left(\nabla u\cdot (A(x)\nabla u) + \varphi(x) 1_{\{u>0\}}\right) \,\mathrm{d}x \to \text{min}, where A(x)A(x) is an elliptic matrix with bounded, measurable coefficients and φ\varphi is not necessarily locally bounded. We prove universal H\"older continuity of minimizers for the one- and two-phase problems. Sharp regularity estimates along the free boundary are also obtained. Furthermore, we perform a thorough analysis of the geometry of the free boundary around a point ξ\xi of infinite jump, ξφ1()\xi \in \varphi^{-1}(\infty). We show that it is determined by the blow-up rate of φ\varphi near ξ\xi and we obtain an analytical description of such cusp geometries.

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@article{arxiv.2210.11494,
  title  = {On the Bernoulli problem with unbounded jumps},
  author = {Stanley Snelson and Eduardo V. Teixeira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.11494},
  year   = {2022}
}

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21 pages

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