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Variational inequalities with thin obstacles and Signorini-type boundary conditions are classical problems in the calculus of variations, arising in numerous applications. In the linear case many refined results are known, while in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Luca Di Fazio , Emanuele Spadaro

We study the parabolic free boundary problem of obstacle type $$ \lap u-\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}= f\chi_{{u\ne 0}}. $$ Under the condition that $f=Hv$ for some function $v$ with bounded second order spatial derivatives and bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-10-11 John Andersson , Erik Lindgren , Henrik Shahgholian

In this article we study solutions to the (interior) thin obstacle problem under low regularity assumptions on the coefficients, the obstacle and the underlying manifold. Combining the linearization method of Andersson \cite{An16} and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of $W^{2,p}$ ($n<p<\infty$) solutions of a double obstacle problem with $C^{1,1}$ obstacle functions. Moreover, we show the optimal regularity of the solution and the local $C^1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-14 Ki-ahm Lee , Jinwan Park

We consider the exterior free boundary Bernoulli problem in the case of a rough given domain. An asymptotic analysis shows that the solution of the initial problem can be approximated by the solution of a non-rough Bernoulli problem at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-11 Bouchon François , Chupin Laurent

We study a Bernoulli type free boundary problem with two phases $$J[u]=\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u(x)|^2\,dx+\Phi\big({\mathcal M}_-(u), {\mathcal{M}}_+(u)\big), \quad u-\bar u\in W^{1,2}_0(\Omega), $$ where $\bar u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega)$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-27 Serena Dipierro , Aram Karakhanyan , Enrico Valdinoci

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

In this survey we go through some of the recent results about the regularity of vectorial free boundary problems of Bernoulli type and free boundary systems. The aim is to illustrate the general methodologies as well as to outline a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Giorgio Tortone , Bozhidar Velichkov

We study the free boundary of solutions to the parabolic obstacle problem with fully nonlinear diffusion. We show that the free boundary splits into a regular and a singular part: near regular points the free boundary is $C^\infty$ in space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-12 Alessandro Audrito , Teo Kukuljan

In this paper, we prove that flat free boundaries of solutions to inhomogeneous one-phase Stefan problem are $C^{1,\alpha}$. The method consists of employing a hodograph transform and deriving the regularity via a linearization technique,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Fausto Ferrari , Nicolò Forcillo , Davide Giovagnoli , David Jesus

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

We assume that $\Omega_1, \Omega_2 \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, $n \geq 1$ are two disjoint domains whose complements satisfy the capacity density condition and the intersection of their boundaries $F$ has positive harmonic measure. Then we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-04 Jonas Azzam , Mihalis Mourgoglou , Xavier Tolsa

In this paper, we consider the following free boundary problem $$ (P)\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \Delta u = \lambda \phi(x)\Sum_{i=1}^n H(u-\mu_i )& \quad \mbox{ in }\ \Omega=\Omega_2\setminus \overline{\Omega}_1, \\[0.3cm]u =0 &\quad \mbox{…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Sabri Bensid

We prove the $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary in the Signorini problem with variable coefficients. We use a $C^{1,\alpha}$ boundary Harnack inequality in slit domain. The key method is to study a non-standard degenerate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Chilin Zhang

We prove the optimal global regularity of nonnegative solutions to the porous medium equation in smooth bounded domains with the zero Dirichlet boundary condition after certain waiting time $T^*$. More precisely, we show that solutions are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-22 Tianling Jin , Xavier Ros-Oton , Jingang Xiong

In this paper we prove the optimal $C^{1,1}(B_\frac12)$-regularity for a general obstacle type problem $$ \lap u = f\chi_{\{u\neq 0\}}\textup{in $B_1$}, $$ under the assumption that $f*N$ is $C^{1,1}(B_1)$, where $N$ is the Newtonian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-05 John Andersson , Erik Lindgren , Henrik Shahgholian

We examine boundary regularity for a fully nonlinear free transmission problem. We argue using approximation methods, comparing the operators driving the problem with a limiting profile. Working natural conditions on the data of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-26 David Jesus , Edgard A. Pimentel , David Stolnicki

We establish sharp boundary regularity estimates in $C^1$ and $C^{1,\alpha}$ domains for nonlocal problems of the form $Lu=f$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ in $\Omega^c$. Here, $L$ is a nonlocal elliptic operator of order $2s$, with $s\in(0,1)$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

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

The non-transversal intersection of the free boundary with the fixed boundary is obtained for nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators when $\Omega = \{\nabla u \neq 0\} \cap \{x_n>0\}$ thereby solving a problem in elliptic theory that in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-05 Emanuel Indrei