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We consider an oscillatory obstacle problem where the coincidence set and free boundary are also highly oscillatory. We establish a rate of convergence for a regularized notion of free boundary to the free boundary of a corresponding…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Farhan Abedin , William M Feldman

We consider viscosity solutions to a one-phase free boundary problem for the $p(x)$-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We apply the tools developed in \cite{D} to prove that flat free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$. Moreover, we obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Fausto Ferrari , Claudia Lederman

We study the regularity of the "free surface" in boundary obstacle problems. We show that near a non-degenerate point the free boundary is a $C^{1,\alpha}$ $(n-2)$-dimensional surface in $\real^{n-1}$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Athanasopoulos , L. A. Caffarelli , S. Salsa

In a wide class of the so called Obstacle Problems of parabolic type it is shown how to improve the optimal regularity of the solution and as a consequence how to obtain space-time regularity of the corresponding free boundary.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-27 Ioannis Athanasopoulos , Luis Caffarelli , Emmanouil Milakis

In this paper, we develop a series of boundary pointwise regularity for Dirichlet problems and oblique derivative problems. As applications, we give direct and simple proofs of the higher regularity of the free boundaries in obstacle-type…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

In this article we study for the first time the regularity of the free boundary in the one-phase free boundary problem driven by a general nonlocal operator. Our main results establish that the free boundary is $C^{1,\alpha}$ near regular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-25 Xavier Ros-Oton , Marvin Weidner

We consider a one-phase free boundary problem involving fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$. D. De Silva, O. Savin, and Y. Sire proved that the flat boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$. We raise the regularity to $C^{\infty}$, extending…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Runcao Lyu

In this paper, we consider the properties of a special free boundary point in the following obstacle problem: The Laplacian of u equals f(x) multiplied by the characteristic function of the set where u is positive within the two-dimensional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Yong Liu

We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators with drift, like $(-\Delta)^s +b\cdot\nabla$, in the subcritical regime $s>\frac{1}{2}$. Our main result states that once the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Teo Kukuljan

We consider a one-phase free boundary problem involving a fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^\alpha$, $0<\alpha <1,$ and we prove that ``flat free boundaries" are $C^{1,\gamma}$. We thus extend the known result for the case $\alpha=1/2.$

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-27 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin , Yannick Sire

We continue our study in \cite{FL} on viscosity solutions to a one-phase free boundary problem for the $p(x)$-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We first prove that viscosity solutions are locally Lipschitz continuous, which is the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Fausto Ferrari , Claudia Lederman

We study certain obstacle type problems involving standard and nonlocal minimal surfaces. We obtain optimal regularity of the solution and a characterization of the free boundary.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-12 L. Caffarelli , D. De Silva , O. Savin

In this paper we study the existence, regularity and geometric properties of an optimal configuration to a free boundary optimization problem governed by the $p$-Laplacian.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-29 Krerley Oliveira , Eduardo Teixeira

We revisit and sharpen the results from our previous work, where we investigated the regularity of the singular set of the free boundary in the nonlinear obstacle problem. As in the work of Figalli-Serra on the classical obstacle problem,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-29 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

These notes record and expand the lectures for the `Journ\'ees \'Equations aux D\'eriv\'ees Partielles 2018' held by the author during the week of June 11-15, 2018. The aim is to give a overview of the classical theory for the obstacle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Alessio Figalli

In this manuscript we prove quantitative homogenization results for the obstacle problem with bounded measurable coefficients. As a consequence, large-scale regularity results both for the solution and the free boundary for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Gohar Aleksanyan , Tuomo Kuusi

In this paper non-transversal intersection of the free and fixed boundary is shown to hold in any dimension for obstacle problems generated by fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators. Moreover, $C^1$ regularity results of the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Emanuel Indrei

We study a general class of elliptic free boundary problems equipped with a Dirichlet boundary condition. Our primary result establishes an optimal $C^{1,1}$-regularity estimate for $L^p$-strong solutions at points where the free and fixed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Damião J. Araújo , Andreas Minne , Edgard A. Pimentel

We study the parabolic free boundary problem of obstacle type $$ \lap u-\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}= f\chi_{{u\ne 0}}. $$ Under the condition that $f=Hv$ for some function $v$ with bounded second order spatial derivatives and bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-11 John Andersson , Erik Lindgren , Henrik Shahgholian

In this paper, we consider the analogous of the obtacle problem in $H_0^1(\Omega)$, on the space $W^{1,p}_0(\Omega)$. We prove an existence and uniqueness of the result. In a second time, we define the optimal control problem associated.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mouna Kraiem