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Regularity of the distance function to the boundary

Analysis of PDEs 2016-09-07 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a domain in a smooth complete Finsler manifold, and let GG be the largest open subset of Ω\Omega such that for every xx in GG there is a unique closest point from Ω\partial \Omega to xx (measured in the Finsler metric). We prove that the distance function from Ω\partial \Omega is in Clock,α(GΩ)C^{k,\alpha}_{loc}(G\cup \partial \Omega), k2k\ge 2 and 0<α10<\alpha\le 1, if Ω\partial \Omega is in Ck,αC^{k,\alpha}.

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@article{arxiv.math/0510577,
  title  = {Regularity of the distance function to the boundary},
  author = {YanYan Li and Louis Nirenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0510577},
  year   = {2016}
}
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