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We prove $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity of sufficiently flat free boundaries, for the thin one-phase problem in which the free boundary occurs on a lower dimensional subspace. This problem appears also as a model of a one-phase free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

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 study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that if $u$ is a solution of $(-\Delta)^s u = g$ in $\Omega$, $u \equiv 0$ in $\R^n\setminus\Omega$, for some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-07-26 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We prove $C^{1, \alpha}$ regularity (in the parabolic sense) for the viscosity solution of a boundary obstacle problem with a fully nonlinear parabolic equation in the interior. Following the method which was first introduced for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-22 Georgiana Chatzigeorgiou

We consider the normalized $p$-Poisson problem $$-\Delta^N_p u=f \qquad \text{in}\quad \Omega.$$ The normalized $p$-Laplacian $\Delta_p^{N}u:=|D u|^{2-p}\Delta_p u$ is in non-divergence form and arises for example from stochastic games. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Amal Attouchi , Mikko Parviainen , Eero Ruosteenoja

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

We show the existence of a Lipschitz viscosity solution $u$ in $\Omega$ to a system of fully nonlinear equations involving Pucci-type operators. We study the regularity of the interface $\partial \{ u> 0 \}\cap\Om$ and we show that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-12 Luis Caffarelli , Stefania Patrizi , Veronica Quitalo , Monica Torres

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 manuscript we deal with regularity issues and the asymptotic behaviour (as $p \to \infty$) of solutions for elliptic free boundary problems of $p-$Laplacian type ($2 \leq p< \infty$): \begin{equation*} -\Delta_p u(x) +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-20 Pablo Blanc , João Vítor da Silva , Julio D. Rossi

We establish the $C^{1+\gamma}$-H\"older regularity of the regular free boundary in the stationary obstacle problem defined by the fractional Laplace operator with drift in the subcritical regime. Our method of the proof consists in proving…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-22 Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan , Camelia A. Pop , Mariana Smit Vega Garcia

In this paper we present a survey concerning unconstrained free boundary problems of type $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} F_1(D^2u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1 \cap \Omega ,\\ F_2 (D^2 u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1\setminus\Omega ,\\ u…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Alessio Figalli , Henrik Shahgholian

We prove the -- to the best knowledge of the authors -- first result on the fine asymptotic behavior of the regular part of the free boundary of the obstacle problem close to singularities. The result is motivated by our recent partial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-18 Simon Eberle , Henrik Shahgholian , Georg Sebastian Weiss

We establish generic regularity results of free boundaries for solutions of the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$. We prove that, for almost every obstacle, the free boundary contains only regular points up to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Matteo Carducci , Roberto Colombo

The regularity of the free boundary in optimal transportation is equivalent to that of the potential function along the free boundary. By establishing new geometric estimates of the free boundary and studying the second boundary value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Shibing Chen , Jiakun Liu , Xu-Jia Wang

We show that the singular set $\Sigma$ in the classical obstacle problem can be locally covered by a $C^\infty$ hypersurface, up to an "exceptional" set $E$, which has Hausdorff dimension at most $n-2$ (countable, in the $n=2$ case).…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-18 Federico Franceschini , Wiktoria Zatoń

We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to the Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that if $u$ is a weak solution of $(-\Delta)^s u=f$ in $\Omega$, $\mathcal N_s u=0$ in $\Omega^c$, then $u$ is $C^\alpha$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Alessandro Audrito , Juan-Carlos Felipe-Navarro , Xavier Ros-Oton

We prove {the first} regularity theorem for the free boundary of solutions to shape optimization problems involving integral functionals, for which the energy of a domain $\Omega$ is obtained as the integral of a cost function $j(u,x)$…

The goal of this paper is to establish generic regularity of free boundaries for the obstacle problem in $\mathbb R^n$. By classical results of Caffarelli, the free boundary is $C^\infty$ outside a set of singular points. Explicit examples…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

In this paper we study the following parabolic system \begin{equation*} \Delta \u -\partial_t \u =|\u|^{q-1}\u\,\chi_{\{ |\u|>0 \}}, \qquad \u = (u^1, \cdots , u^m) \ , \end{equation*} with free boundary $\partial \{|\u | >0\}$. For $0\leq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Gohar Aleksanyan , Morteza Fotouhi , Henrik Shahgholian , Georg S. Weiss

In this paper we give a comprehensive treatment of a two-penalty boundary obstacle problem for a divergence form elliptic operator, motivated by applications to fluid dynamics and thermics. Specifically, we prove existence, uniqueness and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-13 Donatella Danielli , Brian Krummel