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Regularity of Lipschitz free boundaries for weak solutions of Alt-Caffarelli type problems

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-29 v1

Abstract

Motivated by the Serrin problem, we study weak solutions of the generalised Alt-Caffarelli problem Δu=f-\Delta u = f in Ω\Omega, u=0u = 0 on Ω\partial\Omega, νu=Q\partial_\nu u = Q on Ω\partial\Omega. Our main result establishes that if Ω\Omega is Lipschitz, then it is actually CC^{\infty} (provided that ff and QQ are smooth). This was known before only for viscosity solutions. As a corollary, we obtain an alternative solution of Serrin's problem in the case of Lipschitz domains. We also discuss the characterisation of the regularity of Lipschitz domains in terms of their Poisson kernel.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2601.20493,
  title  = {Regularity of Lipschitz free boundaries for weak solutions of Alt-Caffarelli type problems},
  author = {Joan Domingo-Pasarin and Xavier Ros-Oton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.20493},
  year   = {2026}
}