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We study the regularity of free boundaries in the multiple elastic membrane problem in the plane. We prove the uniqueness of blow-ups, and that the free boundaries are $C^{1,\log}$-curves near a regular intersection point.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

We consider the semilinear problem \[ \Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(-\log u^+\right) 1_{\{u > 0\}} - \lambda_- \left(-\log u^- \right) 1_{\{u < 0\}} \qquad \hbox{ in } B_1, \] where $B_1$ is the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and assume…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-10 Dennis Kriventsov , Henrik Shahgholian

Given $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with $n\geq 2$, $D\subset \Omega$ open, and $u:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}^m$, we study elliptic systems of the type $$ {\rm div} \big( ( A + (B- A)\chi_D)\nabla u\big) = 0 \quad \text{in $\Omega\cap B_1$,} $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Alessio Figalli , Somayeh Khademloo , Sunghan Kim , Henrik Shahgholian

We study the obstacle problem with an elliptic operator in nondivergence form with principal coefficients in VMO. We develop all of the basic theory of existence, uniqueness, optimal regularity, and nondegeneracy of the solutions. These…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-12 Ivan Blank , Kubrom Teka

For a given domain $\Omega \subset \Bbb{R}^n$, we consider the variational problem of minimizing the $L^1$-norm of the gradient on $\Omega$ of a function $u$ with prescribed continuous boundary values and satisfying a continuous lower…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William P. Ziemer , Kevin Zumbrun

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, we study the regularity of the solution for the obstacle problem associated with the linearized Monge-Amp\`ere operator: \begin{align*} \begin{cases} &u\geq\varphi \text{\quad in } \Omega &L_{ w}u=\tr( W D^{2}u)\leq 0…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Meng Ji

We extend basic regularity of the free boundary of the obstacle problem to some classes of heterogeneous quasilinear elliptic operators with variable growth that includes, in particular, the $p(x)$-Laplacian. Under the assumption of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-28 S. Challal , A. Lyaghfouri , J. F. Rodrigues , R. Teymurazyan

In this paper, we obtain some regularities of the free boundary in optimal transportation with the quadratic cost. Our first result is about the $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary for optimal partial transport between convex…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Shibing Chen , Jiakun Liu

In this paper we are concerned with a two phase boundary obstacle-type problem for the bi-Laplace operator in the upper unit ball. The problem arises in connection with unilateral phenomena for flat elastic plates. It can also be seen as an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Donatella Danielli , Alaa Haj Ali

For a one-phase free boundary problem involving a fractional Laplacian, we prove that "flat free boundaries" are $C^{1,\alpha}$. We recover the regularity results of Caffarelli for viscosity solutions of the classical Bernoulli-type free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Daniela De Silva , Jean-Michel Roquejoffre

In this paper, we mainly discuss the local regularity of the solution to the following problem \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -\dive({\bf{A}}(x)\nabla u(x))=f(x),&~x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)=0,&~x\in\partial\Omega, \end{cases} \end{align*} where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Zheng Li Bin Guo

In this paper, we prove boundary pointwise $C^{k,\alpha}$ regularity for any $k\geq 1$ for fully nonlinear parabolic equations. As an application, we give a direct and short proof of the higher regularity of the free boundaries in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

We consider the vectorial analogue of the thin free boundary problem introduced in \cite{CRS} as a realization of a nonlocal version of the classical Bernoulli problem. We study optimal regularity, nondegeneracy, and density properties of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Daniela De Silva , Giorgio Tortone

In this paper we prove a $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity result in dimension two for almost-minimizers of the constrained one-phase Alt-Caffarelli and the two-phase Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman functionals for an energy with variable coefficients. As…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Luca Spolaor , Baptiste Trey , Bozhidar Velichkov

In this article we continue our investigation of the thin obstacle problem with variable coefficients which was initiated in \cite{KRS14}, \cite{KRSI}. Using a partial Hodograph-Legendre transform and the implicit function theorem, we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-09 Herbert Koch , Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

We study the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian with drift, $\min\left\{(-\Delta)^s u + b \cdot \nabla u,\,u -\varphi\right\} = 0$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, in the critical regime $s = \frac{1}{2}$. Our main result establishes the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We investigate the regularity of the free boundary for the Signorini problem in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. It is known that regular points are $(n-1)$-dimensional and $C^\infty$. However, even for $C^\infty$ obstacles $\varphi$, the set of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-15 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

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 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