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For the obstacle problem involving a convex fully nonlinear elliptic operator, we show that the singular set in the free boundary stratifies. The top stratum is locally covered by a $C^{1,\alpha}$-manifold, and the lower strata are covered…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-16 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

We prove optimal boundary $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions of degenerate fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations with oblique boundary conditions and Hamiltonian terms of the form \[ \begin{cases} |Du|^{\gamma}F(D^2 u)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Junior da Silva Bessa , Gleydson C. Ricarte

In this paper we study the existence, the optimal regularity of solutions, and the regularity of the free boundary near the so-called \emph{regular points} in a thin obstacle problem that arises as the local extension of the obstacle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Agnid Banerjee , Donatella Danielli , Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan

For the thin obstacle problem in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, we prove that at all free boundary points, with the exception of a $(n-3)$-dimensional set, the solution differs from its blow-up by higher order corrections. This expansion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-02 Federico Franceschini , Joaquim Serra

This paper deals with the obstacle problem for the infinity Laplacian. The main results are a characterization of the solution through comparison with cones that lie above the obstacle and the sharp $C^{1,1/3}$--regularity at the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Julio D. Rossi , Eduardo V. Teixeira , José Miguel Urbano

Despite significant recent advances in the regularity theory for obstacle problems with integro-differential operators, some fundamental questions remained open. On the one hand, there was a lack of understanding of parabolic problems with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-29 Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

In this paper we discuss the obstacle problem for the $p$-Laplace operator. We prove optimal growth results for the solution. Of particular interest is the point-wise regularity of the solution at free boundary points. The most surprising…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-19 John Andersson , Erik Lindgren , Henrik Shahgholian

The Signorini problem for the Laplace operator is considered in a general polygonal domain. It is proved that the coincidence set consists of a finite number of boundary parts plus isolated points. The regularity of the solution is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-11 Thomas Apel , Serge Nicaise

We establish a regularity result for optimal sets of the isoperimetric problem with double density under mild ($\alpha$-)H\"older regularity assumptions on the density functions. Our main Theorem improves some previous results and allows to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Lisa Beck , Eleonora Cinti , Christian Seis

Regularity theorems \`a la Avellaneda-Lin are an indispensable part of the modern quantitative theory of stochastic homogenization. While interior regularity results for random elliptic operators have been available for a while, on general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Peter Bella , Julian Fischer , Marc Josien , Claudia Raithel

In this paper we prove a partial $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity result in dimension $N=2$ for the optimal $p$-compliance problem, extending for $p\not = 2$ some of the results obtained by A. Chambolle, J. Lamboley, A. Lemenant, E. Stepanov…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Bohdan Bulanyi , Antoine Lemenant

We prove new optimal $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity results for obstacle problems involving evolutionary $p$-Laplace type operators in the degenerate regime $p > 2$. Our main results include the optimal regularity improvement at free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-12 Sunghan Kim , Kaj Nyström

This article concerns the results obtained in [Cabr\'e, Figalli, Ros-Oton, and Serra, Acta Math. 224 (2020)], which established the H\"older regularity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic equations in the optimal range of dimensions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Xavier Cabre

We discuss some regularity issues in the study of the obstacle problem. In particular, we present a recent result by O. Savin and the author on the regularity of the singular set for the obstacle problem with a fully nonlinear elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-22 Hui Yu

We continue the development, by reduction to a first order system for the conormal gradient, of $L^2$ \textit{a priori} estimates and solvability for boundary value problems of Dirichlet, regularity, Neumann type for divergence form second…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Pascal Auscher , Andreas Rosén

We consider the semilinear problem \[ \Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(-\log u^+\right) 1_{\{u > 0\}} - \lambda_- \left(-\log u^- \right) 1_{\{u < 0\}} \qquad \hbox{ in } B_1, \] where $B_1$ is the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and assume…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-10 Dennis Kriventsov , Henrik Shahgholian

We consider the obstacle problem with irregular barriers for semilinear elliptic equation involving measure data and operator corresponding to a general quasi-regular Dirichlet form. We prove existence and uniqueness of a solution as well…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Tomasz Klimsiak

We establish higher regularity properties of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations at interior critical points. The key novelty of our estimates lies in the fact that they yield smoothness properties that go beyond the inherent…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Thialita M. Nascimento , Ginaldo Sá , Aelson Sobral , Eduardo V. Teixeira

In this paper, we study the nonhomogeneous Dirichlet problem concerning general semilinear elliptic equations in divergence form. We establish that the boundary Lipschitz regularity of solutions under some more weaker conditions on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Jingqi Liang , Lihe Wang , Chunqin Zhou

This paper deals with the spatial and temporal regularity of the unique Hilbert space valued mild solution to a semilinear stochastic partial differential equation with nonlinear terms that satisfy global Lipschitz conditions. It is shown…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-08-21 Raphael Kruse , Stig Larsson