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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 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

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian under the assumption that the obstacle $\varphi$ satisfies $\Delta \varphi\leq 0$ near the contact region. Our main result establishes that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-05 Begoña Barrios , Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton

We study the obstacle problem with an elliptic operator in divergence form. We develop all of the basic theory of existence, uniqueness, optimal regularity, and nondegeneracy of the solutions. These results, in turn, allow us to begin the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-24 Ivan Blank , Zheng Hao

We study the obstacle problem for parabolic operators of the type $\partial_t + L$, where $L$ is an elliptic integro-differential operator of order $2s$, such as $(-\Delta)^s$, in the supercritical regime $s \in (0,{1/2})$. The best result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Xavier Ros-Oton , Clara Torres-Latorre

We prove the existence and $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of solutions to nonlocal fully nonlinear elliptic double obstacle problems. We also obtain boundary regularity for these problems. The obstacles are assumed to be Lipschitz…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Mohammad Safdari

We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators. Our main result establishes that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. This completes the study of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-16 Nicola Abatangelo , Xavier Ros-Oton

The theory of boundary regularity for $p$-harmonic functions is extended to unbounded open sets in complete metric spaces with a doubling measure supporting a $p$-Poincar\'e inequality, $1<p<\infty$. The barrier classification of regular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-07 Anders Björn , Daniel Hansevi

We study the regularity of the "free surface" in boundary obstacle problems. We show that near a non-degenerate point the free boundary is a $C^{1,\alpha}$ $(n-2)$-dimensional surface in $\real^{n-1}$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Athanasopoulos , L. A. Caffarelli , S. Salsa

This paper deals with the obstacle problem for the infinity Laplacian. The main results are a characterization of the solution through comparison with cones that lie above the obstacle and the sharp $C^{1,1/3}$--regularity at the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Julio D. Rossi , Eduardo V. Teixeira , José Miguel Urbano

In this paper we consider a doubly critical nonlinear elliptic problem with Neumann boundary conditions. The existence of blow-up solutions for this problem is related to the blow-up analysis of the classical geometric problem of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-04 Sergio Cruz-Blázquez

This paper investigates the regularity of solutions and structural properties of the free boundary for a class of fourth-order elliptic problems with Neumann-type boundary conditions. The singular and degenerate elliptic operators studied…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Donatella Danielli , Giovanni Gravina

In this work we establish the optimal regularity for solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. In particular, we show the existence of an optimal exponent $\alpha_F$ such that $u$ is $C^{1,\alpha_F}$ on either side of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Maria Colombo , Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We study obstacle problems governed by two distinct types of diffusion operators involving interacting free boundaries. We obtain a somewhat surprising coupling property, leading to a comprehensive analysis of the free boundary. More…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Damião J. Araújo , Rafayel Teymurazyan

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

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

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

In this manuscript we study geometric regularity estimates for problems driven by fully nonlinear elliptic operators under strong absorption conditions. We establish improved geometric regularity along the free boundary, for a sharp value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-12 J. V. da Silva , R. A. Leitão , G. C. Ricarte

We establish sharp global regularity results for solutions to nonhomogeneous, nonunifomrly elliptic systems with zero boundary conditions. In particular, we obtain everywhere Lipschitz continuity under borderline Lorentz assumptions on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-01 Cristiana De Filippis , Mirco Piccinini

In this article we use flatness improvement argument to study the regularity of the free boundary for the biharmonic obstacle problem with zero obstacle. Assuming that the solution is almost one-dimensional, and that the non-coincidence set…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Gohar Aleksanyan