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Regularity estimates for the solution and the free boundary to the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian

Analysis of PDEs 2010-03-31 v1

Abstract

We use a characterization of the fractional Laplacian as a Dirichlet to Neumann operator for an appropriate differential equation to study its obstacle problem. We write an equivalent characterization as a thin obstacle problem. In this way we are able to apply local type arguments to obtain sharp regularity estimates for the solution and study the regularity of the free boundary.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702392,
  title  = {Regularity estimates for the solution and the free boundary to the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian},
  author = {Luis Caffarelli and Sandro Salsa and Luis Silvestre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702392},
  year   = {2010}
}