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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…
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We study regularity properties of the free boundary for the thin one-phase problem which consists of minimizing the energy functional $$\label{E} E(u,\Omega) = \int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2 dX + \mathcal{H}^n(\{u>0\} \cap \{x_{n+1} = 0\}), \quad…
We study the regularity of the solution of the double obstacle problem form for fully non linear parabolic and elliptic operators. We show that when the obstacles are sufficiently regular the solution is $C^{1,\alpha}$ in the interior for…
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,…
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Let $\Omega$ be a bounded $C^2$ domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $u\in C(\mathbb{R}^n)$ solves \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} \Delta u + a Iu + C_0|Du| \geq -K\quad \text{in}\; \Omega, \quad \Delta u + a Iu - C_0|Du|\leq K \quad \text{in}\;…
We study the singular part of the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian, \ $\min\bigl\{(-\Delta)^su,\,u-\varphi\bigr\}=0$ in $\mathbb R^n$, for general obstacles $\varphi$. Our main result establishes the…
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