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The various equations at the surfaces and triple contact lines of a deformable body are obtained from a variational condition, by applying Green's formula in the whole space and on the Riemannian surfaces. The surface equations are similar…

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In this paper we study the local behavior of solutions to some free boundary problems. We relate the theory of quasi-conformal maps to the regularity of the solutions to nonlinear thin-obstacle problems; we prove that the contact set is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-28 Guido De Philippis , Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

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

Let $M^n$ be an $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold with boundary $\partial M$. Assume that Ricci curvature is bounded from below by $(n-1)k$, for $k\in \RR$, we give a sharp estimate of the upper bound of $\rho(x)=\dis(x, \partial M)$, in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Jian Ge

This paper describes a novel numerical model aiming at solving moving-boundary problems such as free-surface flows or fluid-structure interaction. This model uses a moving-grid technique to solve the Navier--Stokes equations expressed in…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Nicolas Bodard , Roland Bouffanais , Michel O. Deville

We provide a new method for treating free boundary problems in perfect fluids, and prove local-in-time well-posedness in Sobolev spaces for the free-surface incompressible 3D Euler equations with or without surface tension for arbitrary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Daniel Coutand , Steve Shkoller

In this work, we study the asymptotic behavior of the free boundary of the solution to the exterior Bernoulli problem for the half Laplacian when the Bernoulli's gradient parameter tends to $0^+$ and to $+\infty$. Moreover, we show that,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-09 Sven Jarohs , Tadeusz Kulczycki , Paolo Salani

For some class of mappings, there are investigated problems connected with a possibility of continuous extension to a boundary on Riemannian manifolds. In particular, for so-called ring mappings, there is proved a result related to…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-12-16 D. P. Ilyutko , E. A. Sevost'yanov

The aim of this paper is first to give necessary and sufficient condition of existence (of free boundaries) for both Laplacian and bi-Laplacian operators in the case where the overdetermined condition is not constant. second, by using some…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-11 Mohammed Barkatou

We consider the behaviour of holomorphic functions on a bounded open subset of the plane, satisfying a Lipschitz condition with exponent $\alpha$, with $0<\alpha<1$, in the vicinity of an exceptional boundary point where all such functions…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Anthony G. O'Farrell

We consider the free boundary problem for the Euler--Fourier system that describes the motion of compressible, inviscid and heat-conducting fluids. The effect of surface tension is neglected and there is no heat flux across the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Xumin Gu , Yanjin Wang

We study a general class of elliptic free boundary problems equipped with a Dirichlet boundary condition. Our primary result establishes an optimal $C^{1,1}$-regularity estimate for $L^p$-strong solutions at points where the free and fixed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Damião J. Araújo , Andreas Minne , Edgard A. Pimentel

Energy-minimizing constraint maps are a natural extension of the obstacle problem within a vectorial framework. Due to inherent topological constraints, these maps manifest a diverse structure that includes singularities similar to harmonic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-01 Alessio Figalli , André Guerra , Sunghan Kim , Henrik Shahgholian

We consider free higher derivative theories of scalars and Dirac fermions in the presence of a boundary in general dimension. We establish a method for finding consistent conformal boundary conditions in these theories by removing certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-10 Adam Chalabi , Christopher P. Herzog , Krishnendu Ray , Brandon Robinson , Jacopo Sisti , Andreas Stergiou

The Green's functions for the Laplace equation respectively satisfying the Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions on the upper side of an infinite plane with a circular hole are introduced and constructed. These functions enables…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-18 Nail Gumerov , Ramani Duraiswami

We prove that bounded solutions to an overdetermined fully nonlinear free boundary problem in the plane are one dimensional. Our proof relies on maximum principle techniques and convexity arguments.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-11-11 Daniela De Silva , Enrico Valdinoci

In continuing the study of harmonic mapping from 2-dimensional Riemannian simplicial complexes in order to construct minimal surfaces with singularity, we obtain an a-priori regularity result concerning the real analyticity of the free…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-09-24 Chikako Mese , Sumio Yamada

In this paper, we deal with an elliptic problem with the Dirichlet boundary condition. We operate in Sobolev spaces and the main analytic tool we use is the Lax-Milgram lemma. First, we present the variational approach of the problem which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Eriselda Goga , Besiana Hamzallari

We consider a system of elliptic equations, depending on a small parameter $\eps$, that models long-range segregation of populations. The diffusion is governed by the Laplacian. This system was previously investigated by Caffarelli,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Howen Chuah , Monica Torres

In this article, we provide a definitive well-posedness theory for the free boundary problem in incompressible magnetohyrodynamics. Despite the clear physical interest in this system and the remarkable progress in the study of the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Mihaela Ifrim , Ben Pineau , Daniel Tataru , Mitchell A. Taylor