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In this article we address the regularity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic equations $-\Delta u = f(u)$ with MEMS type nonlinearities. More precisely, we will have $0\leq u \leq 1$ in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and…

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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

We introduce the nonlocal analogue of the classical free boundary minimal hypersurfaces in an open domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ as the (boundaries of) critical points of the fractional perimeter $\operatorname{Per}_s(\cdot,\,\Omega )$…

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We consider the three-dimensional incompressible free-boundary Euler equations in a bounded domain and with surface tension. Using Lagrangian coordinates, we establish a priori estimates for solutions with minimal regularity assumptions on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Marcelo M. Disconzi , Igor Kukavica , Amjad Tuffaha

We consider positive solutions, possibly unbounded, to the semilinear equation $-\Delta u=f(u)$ on continuous epigraphs bounded from below. Under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, we prove new monotonicity results for $u$, when…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Nicolas Beuvin , Alberto Farina , Berardino Sciunzi

In this paper, we study a class of eigenvalue problems involving both local as well as nonlocal operators, precisely the classical Laplace operator and the fractional Laplace operator in the presence of mixed boundary conditions, that is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Jacques Giacomoni , Tuhina Mukherjee , Lovelesh Sharma

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. Our main result establishes that the free boundary is $C^1$ near regular points.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-31 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We investigate elliptic boundary-value problems with additional unknown functions on the boundary of a Euclidean domain. These problems were introduced by Lawruk. We prove that the operator corresponding to such a problem is bounded and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Iryna S. Chepurukhina , Aleksandr A. Murach

We study certain obstacle type problems involving standard and nonlocal minimal surfaces. We obtain optimal regularity of the solution and a characterization of the free boundary.

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In this paper, we study almost minimizers to a fractional Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman type functional. Our main results concern the optimal $C^{0,s}$ regularity of almost minimizers as well as the structure of the free boundary. We first prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Mark Allen , Mariana Smit Vega Garcia

In this paper, we propose an unconstrained framework for eigenvalue problems in both discrete and continuous settings. We begin our discussion to solve a generalized eigenvalue problem $A{\bf x} = \lambda B{\bf x}$ with two $N\times N$ real…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-01 Yunho Kim

In this paper we consider positive supersolutions of the nonlinear elliptic equation \[- \Delta u = \rho(x) f(u)|\nabla u|^p, \qquad \hfill \mbox{ in } \Omega,\] where $0\le p<1$, $ \Omega$ is an arbitrary domain (bounded or unbounded) in $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-24 A. Aghajani , C. Cowan

We study the obstacle problem associated with the Kolmogorov operator $\Delta_v - \partial_t - v\cdot\nabla_x$, which arises from the theory of optimal control in Asian-American options pricing models. Our first main contribution is to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-04 David Bowman

We study the problem of finding a function u verifying --$\Delta$u = 0 in $\Omega$ under the boundary condition $\partial$u $\partial$n + g(u) = $\mu$ on $\partial$$\Omega$ where $\Omega$ $\subset$ R N is a smooth domain, n the normal unit…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Oussama Boukarabila , Laurent Veron

In this paper, we prove a theorem concerning the existence of three solutions for the following boundary value problem: \begin{equation*} -\mathcal{M}_{\lambda,\Lambda}^+(D^2u)-\Gamma|Du|^2=f(u)~~~\text{in}\ \Omega, u=0~~~\text{on}\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-01 Mohan Mallick , Ram Baran Verma

We study a nonlinear generalization of a free boundary problem that arises in the context of thermal insulation. We consider two open sets $\Omega\subseteq A$, and we search for an optimal $A$ in order to minimize a non-linear energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Paolo Acampora , Emanuele Cristoforoni

Given $\mu > 0$, we study the elliptic problem: \begin{align*} \text{ find } (u,\lambda) \in H_0^1(\Omega) \times \mathbb{R} \text{ such that } -\Delta u + \lambda u = |u|^{p-2}u \text{ in } \Omega \text{ and } \int_\Omega|u|^2dx = \mu,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Linjie Song , Wenming Zou

A model of unsteady filtration (seepage) in a porous medium with capillary retention is considered. It leads to a free boundary problem for a generalized porous medium equation where the location of the boundary of the water mound is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Eugene A. Ingerman , Helen Shvets

We consider the problem of multiplicity and uniqueness of radial solutions of a nonlinear elliptic equation of the form \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{gathered} \Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N, N\geq 2, \lim\limits_{|x|\to\infty}u(x)=0.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Pilar Herreros

Let $N>2$, $p\in \left(\frac{2N}{N+2},+\infty\right)$, and $\Omega$ be an open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$. We consider the minimum problem $$ \mathcal{J} (u) := \displaystyle\int_{\Omega } \left(\frac{1}{p}| \nabla u|…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Yuwei Hu , Jun Zheng , Leandro S. Tavares