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We consider a one-phase free boundary problem of the minimizer of the energy \[ J_{\gamma}(u)=\frac{1}{2}\int_{(B_1^{n+1})^+}{y^{1-2s}|\nabla u(x,y)|^2dxdy}+\int_{B_1^{n}\times \{y=0\}}{u^{\gamma}dx}, \] with constants $0<s,\gamma<1$. It is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-15 Yijing Wu

The goal of this paper is to derive in the two-dimensional case necessary and sufficient minimality conditions in terms of the second variation for the functional \[ v\mapsto\int_{\Omega}\big(|\nabla v|^{2}+\chi_{\{v>0\}}Q^{2} \big)\,dx, \]…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Irene Fonseca , Giovanni Leoni , Maria Giovanna Mora

Bounded minimizers of double phase problems at nearly linear growth have locally H\"older continuous gradient within the sharp maximal nonuniformity range $q<1+\alpha$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Cristiana De Filippis , Filomena De Filippis , Mirco Piccinini

We prove the partial H\"older continuity for minimizers of quasiconvex functionals \[ \mathcal{F}({\bf u}) \colon =\int_{\Omega} f(x,{\bf u},D{\bf u})\,\mathrm{d}x, \] where $f$ satisfies a uniform VMO condition with respect to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-27 Christopher Goodrich , Giovanni Scilla , Bianca Stroffolini

In this paper we prove the rectifiability of and measure bounds on the singular set of the free boundary for minimizers of a functional first considered by Alt-Caffarelli. Our main tools are the Quantitative Stratification and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Nick Edelen , Max Engelstein

We study a free transmission problem in which solution minimizes a functional with different definitions in positive and negative phase of function. We prove some asymptotic regularity results when the jumps of the diffusion coefficients…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Harish Shrivastava

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the boundary regularity for the Poisson equation $${{cc} -\Delta u = f & \text{in} \Omega u= 0 & \text{on} \partial \Omega$$ where $f$ belongs to some $L^p(\Omega)$ and $\Omega$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-01 Antoine Lemenant , Yannick Sire

We study the minimizers of \begin{equation} \lambda_k^s(A) + |A| \end{equation} where $\lambda^s_k(A)$ is the $k$-th Dirichlet eigenvalue of the fractional Laplacian on $A$. Unlike in the case of the Laplacian, the free boundary of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Alvis Zahl

This paper is devoted to a complete characterization of the free boundary of all solutions to the following spectral $k$-partition problem with measure and inclusion constraints: \[ \inf \left\{\sum_{i=1}^k \lambda_1(\omega_i)\; : \;…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Dario Mazzoleni , Makson S. Santos , Hugo Tavares

In this paper we study the fully nonlinear free boundary problem $$ {{array}{ll} F(D^2u)=1 & \text{a.e. in}B_1 \cap \Omega |D^2 u| \leq K & \text{a.e. in}B_1\setminus\Omega, {array}. $$ where $K>0$, and $\Omega$ is an unknown open set. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-01 A. Figalli , H. Shahgholian

We establish partial H\"older regularity for (local) generalised minimisers of variational problems involving strongly quasi-convex integrands of linear growth, where the full gradient is replaced by a first order homogeneous differential…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-02 Matthias Bärlin , Konrad Keßler

We consider a non-local free energy functional, modelling a competition between entropy and pairwise interactions reminiscent of the second order virial expansion, with applications to nematic liquid crystals as a particular case. We build…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-27 Giacomo Canevari , Jamie M. Taylor

In this paper, we prove that in any compact Riemannian manifold with smooth boundary, of dimension at least 3 and at most 7, there exist infinitely many almost properly embedded free boundary minimal hypersurfaces. This settles the free…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Zhichao Wang

We study a higher order analogue to the Alt-Caffarelli functional that arises in several shape optimization problems, among which the minimization of the critical buckling load of a clamped plate of fixed area. We obtain several regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jimmy Lamboley , Mickaël Nahon

In this paper we consider minimizers of the functional \begin{equation*} \min \big\{ \lambda_1(\Omega)+\cdots+\lambda_k(\Omega) + \Lambda|\Omega|, \ : \ \Omega \subset D \text{ open} \big\} \end{equation*} where $D\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Baptiste Trey

We prove improved differentiability results for relaxed minimisers of vectorial convex functionals with $(p, q)$-growth, satisfying a H\"older-growth condition in $x$. We consider both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary data. In addition, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Christopher Irving , Lukas Koch

In this article we study the quasi-linear equation \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} \mathrm{div}\, \mathcal A(x,u,\nabla u)&=\mathcal B(x,u,\nabla u)&&\text{in }\Omega,\\ u\in H^{1,p}_{loc}&(\Omega;wdx) \end{aligned} \right. \] where $\mathcal A$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Hernán Castro

We give a sufficient condition for H\"older continuity at a boundary point for quasiminima of double-phase functionals of $p,q$-Laplace type, in the setting of metric measure spaces equipped with a doubling measure and supporting a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Antonella Nastasi , Cintia Pacchiano Camacho

In this paper, we show the existence and non-existence of minimizers of the following minimization problems which include an open problem mentioned by Horiuchi and Kumlin in 2012: \begin{align*} G_a := \inf_{u \in W_0^{1,N}(\Omega )…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-03 Megumi Sano

We consider a minimization problem that combines the Dirichlet energy with the nonlocal perimeter of a level set, namely $$ \int_\Om |\nabla u(x)|^2\,dx+\Per\Big(\{u > 0\},\Om \Big),$$ with $\sigma\in(0,1)$. We obtain regularity results for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Luis Caffarelli , Ovidiu Savin , Enrico Valdinoci