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We study a two-phase free boundary problem in which the two-phases satisfy an impenetrability condition. Precisely, we have two ordered positive functions, which are harmonic in their supports, satisfy a Bernoulli condition on the one-phase…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Lorenzo Ferreri , Bozhidar Velichkov

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$, be an open bounded connected set. We consider the fractional weighted eigenvalue problem $(-\Delta)^s u =\lambda \rho u$ in $\Omega$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Claudia Anedda , Fabrizio Cuccu , Silvia Frassu

In this paper we discuss the obstacle problem for the $p$-Laplace operator. We prove optimal growth results for the solution. Of particular interest is the point-wise regularity of the solution at free boundary points. The most surprising…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-19 John Andersson , Erik Lindgren , Henrik Shahgholian

We consider the $2m$-th order elliptic boundary value problem $Lu=f(x,u)$ on a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ in $R^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The operator $L$ is a uniformly elliptic operator of order $2m$. We assume that for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-09-19 Wolfgang Reichel , Tobias Weth

We study the minimization of the cost functional \[ F(\mu) = \lVert u - u_d \rVert_{L^p(\Omega)} + \alpha \lVert \mu \rVert_{\mathcal{M}(\Omega)}, \] where the controls $\mu$ are taken in the space of finite Borel measures and $u \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-20 Augusto C. Ponce , Nicolas Wilmet

We study a class of local, first-order, stationary mean-field games (MFGs) on bounded domains with nonstandard mixed boundary conditions: prescribed inflow on $\Gamma_N$ and a relaxed Signorini-type exit condition on $\Gamma_D$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 AbdulRahman M. Alharbi , Diogo Gomes

Given~$s,\sigma\in(0,1)$ and a bounded domain~$\Omega\subset\R^n$, we consider the following minimization problem of $s$-Dirichlet plus $\sigma$-perimeter type $$ [u]_{ H^s(\R^{2n}\setminus(\Omega^c)^2) } +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-02 Serena Dipierro , Ovidiu Savin , Enrico Valdinoci

In this work we establish the optimal Lipschitz regularity for non-negative almost minimizers of the one-phase Bernoulli-type functional $$ \mathcal{J}_{\mathrm{G}}(u,\Omega) := \int_\Omega \left(\mathrm{G}(|\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-27 João Vitor da Silva , Analía Silva , Hernán Vivas

We introduce a flow that is designed to flow maps $u:\Sigma\to \mathbb{R}^n$ which map the boundary of a general domain surface $\Sigma$ into a given (not necessarily connected) submanifold $N\hookrightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ towards a free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Melanie Rupflin , Michael Struwe , Christopher Wright

We consider minimizers of the one-phase Bernoulli free boundary problem in domains with analytic fixed boundary. In any dimension $d$, we prove that the branching set at the boundary has Hausdorff dimension at most $d-2$. As a consequence,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-01 Lorenzo Ferreri , Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

In this paper we consider the following two-phase obstacle-problem-like equation in the unit half-ball $\Delta u = \lambda_{+}\chi_{\{u>0\}}-\lambda_{-}\chi_{\{u<0\}}, \lambda_\pm>0$. We prove that the free boundary touches the fixed one in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 John Andersson , Norayr Matevosyan , Hayk Mikayelyan

The existence of positive solutions is considered for the Dirichlet problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{rcll}% -\Delta_{p}u & = & \lambda\omega_{1}(x)\left\vert u\right\vert ^{q-2}% u+\beta\omega_{2}(x)\left\vert u\right\vert…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-11-16 Hamilton Bueno , Grey Ercole

We are concerned with the semilinear biharmonic problem under Dirichlet boundary conditions that \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \Delta^2 u=(u^+)^{p} &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u \not\equiv 0 &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u=\partial u /…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Xiuda Liang , Wenjie Wang

We consider a semipositone problem involving the fractional $p$ Laplace operator of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} (-\Delta)_p^s u &=\mu( u^{r}-1) \text{ in } \Omega,\\ u &>0 \text{ in }\Omega,\\ u &=0 \text{ on }\Omega^{c},…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-24 R. Dhanya , Ritabrata Jana , Uttam Kumar , Sweta Tiwari

The authors of this paper deal with the existence and regularities of weak solutions to the homogenous $\hbox{Dirichlet}$ boundary value problem for the equation $-\hbox{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)+|u|^{p-2}u=\frac{f(x)}{u^{\alpha}}$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-04 Bin Guo , Wenjie Gao , Yanchao Gao

We consider the homogeneous equation ${\mathcal A} u=0$, where ${\mathcal A}$ is a symmetric and coercive elliptic operator in $H^1(\Omega)$ with $\Omega$ bounded domain in ${{\mathbb R}}^d$. The boundary conditions involve fractional power…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-22 Raytcho Lazarov , Petr Vabishchevich

We prove that minimizers of variational problems on open sets $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ $$ \mbox{minimize}\quad \mathcal E(v)=\int_\Omega f(v(x))\mathrm{d} x\quad\text{for } \mathscr{A} v=0, $$ are partially continuous provided that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Zhuolin Li , Bogdan Raiţă

In this paper we focus the attention on free boundary problems ruled by partial differential equations with nonstandard growth, presenting in particular some recent results. The interest in these problems stems from the diverse applications…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Fausto Ferrari , Monica Jacob , Claudia Lederman

A time-fractional Fokker-Planck initial-boundary value problem is considered, with differential operator $u_t-\nabla\cdot(\partial_t^{1-\alpha}\kappa_\alpha\nabla u-\textbf{F}\partial_t^{1-\alpha}u)$, where $0<\alpha <1$. The forcing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Kim-Ngan Le , William McLean , Martin Stynes

We consider a free boundary problem for the Willmore functional. Given a smooth domain $\Omega$ in ${\mathbb R}^3$, we construct Willmore disks wich are critical in the class of surfaces meeting $\partial \Omega$ orthogonally along their…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-29 Roberta Alessandroni , Ernst Kuwert