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We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators. Our main result establishes that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. This completes the study of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-16 Nicola Abatangelo , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper, we prove the regularity of the free boundary in the Monge-Amp\`ere obstacle problem $\det D^2 v= f(y)\chi_{\{v>0\}}. $ By duality, the regularity of the free boundary is equivalent to that of the asymptotic cone of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-23 Genggeng Huang , Lan Tang , Xu-Jia Wang

In this paper, we obtain the boundary pointwise $C^{1,\alpha}$ and $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations. I.e., If $\partial \Omega$ is $C^{1,\alpha}$ (or $C^{2,\alpha}$) at $x_0\in \partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-21 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

We examine the regularity of the extremal solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $ \IR^N$, with the Navier boundary condition $ u=\Delta u =0 $ on $ \pOm$. Here $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-22 Craig Cowan , Pierpaolo Esposito , Nassif Ghoussoub

We will show optimal regularity for minimizers of the Signorini problem for the Lame system. In particular if $\u=(u^1,u^2,u^3)\in W^{1,2}(B_1^+:\R^3)$ minimizes $$ J(\u)=\int_{B_1^+}|\nabla \u+\nabla^\bot \u|^2+\lambda\div(\u)^2 $$ in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-10 John Andersson

In this survey we provide an overview of nonlinear elliptic homogeneous boundary value problems featuring singular zero-order terms with respect to the unknown variable whose prototype equation is $$ -\Delta u = {u^{-\gamma}} \ \text{in}\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Francescantonio Oliva , Francesco Petitta

We study a nonlinear generalization of a free boundary problem that arises in the context of thermal insulation. We consider two open sets $\Omega\subseteq A$, and we search for an optimal $A$ in order to minimize a non-linear energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Paolo Acampora , Emanuele Cristoforoni

In this paper, we study superlinear systems that give rise to free boundaries. Such systems appear for example from the minimization of the energy functional $$ \int_{\Omega}\left(|\nabla\mathbf{u}|^2+\frac2p|\mathbf{u}|^p\right),\quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-04 Daniela De Silva , Seongmin Jeon , Henrik Shahgholian

We prove interior $C^{1,\alpha}$-regularity for solutions \[ - \Lambda \leq F(D^2 u) \leq \Lambda \] where $\Lambda$ is a constant and $F$ is fully nonlinear, 1-homogeneous, uniformly elliptic. The proof is based on a reduction to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Armin Schikorra

In this work we establish the optimal regularity for solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. In particular, we show the existence of an optimal exponent $\alpha_F$ such that $u$ is $C^{1,\alpha_F}$ on either side of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Maria Colombo , Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper, we study the exterior Dirichlet problem for the fully nonlinear elliptic equation $f(\lambda(D^{2}u))=1$. We obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions of existence of radial solutions with prescribed asymptotic behavior…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Limei Dai , Jiguang Bao , Bo Wang

Consider the parabolic free boundary problem $$ \Delta u - \partial_t u = 0 \textrm{in} \{u>0\}, |\nabla u|=1 \textrm{on} \partial\{u>0\} . $$ For a realistic class of solutions, containing for example {\em all} limits of the singular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Andersson , G. S. Weiss

We study the free boundary of solutions to the parabolic obstacle problem with fully nonlinear diffusion. We show that the free boundary splits into a regular and a singular part: near regular points the free boundary is $C^\infty$ in space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-12 Alessandro Audrito , Teo Kukuljan

We consider a one-phase free boundary problem governed by doubly degenerate fully non-linear elliptic PDEs with non-zero right hand side, which should be understood as an analog (non-variational) of certain double phase functionals in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-04 João Vítor da Silva , Giane C. Rampasso , Gleydson C. Ricarte , Hernán A. Vivas

We consider the fourth order problem $\Delta^{2}u=\lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $R^{n}$ with the Navier boundary condition $u=\Delta u=0$ on $\partial \Omega$. Here, $\lambda$ is a positive parameter and $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-29 A. Aghajani

In the present paper we investigate the following semilinear singular elliptic problem: \begin{equation*} (\rm P)\qquad \left \{\begin{array}{l} -\Delta u = \dfrac{p(x)}{u^{\alpha}}\quad \text{in} \Omega \\ u = 0\ \text{on} \Omega,\ u>0…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Brahim Bougherara , Jacques Giacomoni , Jesus Hernandez

We provide regularity results at the boundary for continuous viscosity solutions to nonconvex fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations and inequalities in Euclidian domains. We show that (i) any solution of two sided inequalities with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-01 Luis Silvestre , Boyan Sirakov

We study the zero exterior problem for the elliptic equation $$ \Delta^{\alpha/2}u-\lambda u=f, \quad x\in D\,; \quad u|_{D^c}=0 $$ as well as for the parabolic equation $$ u_t=\Delta^{\alpha/2}u+f, \quad t>0,\, x\in D \,; \quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Jae-Hwan Choi , Kyeong-Hun Kim , Junhee Ryu

In this paper, we study the boundary regularity for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations. We use a unified, simple method to prove that if the domain $\Omega$ satisfies the exterior $C^{1,\mathrm{Dini}}$ condition at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

We study the fully nonlinear elliptic equation $F(D^2u,Du,u,x) = f$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$, under the assumption the nonlinearity $F$ is uniformly elliptic and positively homogeneous. Recently, it has been shown that such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-04-13 Scott N. Armstrong