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We consider the nonlinear boundary value problem consisting of the equation \tag{1} -u" = f(u) + h, \quad \text{a.e. on $(-1,1)$,} where $h \in L^1(-1,1)$, together with the multi-point, Dirichlet-type boundary conditions \tag{2} u(\pm 1) =…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-11-21 Francois Genoud , Bryan P. Rynne

We study reaction-diffusion equations in cylinders with possibly nonlinear diffusion and possibly nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions. We provide a geometric Poincar\'e-type inequality and classification results for stable solutions, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-28 Serena Dipierro , Nicola Soave , Enrico Valdinoci

The simplest genuinely multidimensional monopolist's problem involves minimizing a linearly perturbed Dirichlet energy among nonnegative convex functions $u$ on an open domain $X \subset [0, \infty)^2$. The geometry of the region of strict…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Robert J. McCann , Lucas D. O'Brien , Cale Rankin

This paper studies Laplace's equation $-\Delta\,u=0$ in an exterior region $U\varsubsetneq{\mathbb R}^N$, when $N\geq3$, subject to the nonlinear boundary condition $\frac{\partial…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-22 Jinxiu Mao , Zengqin Zhao

In this work, a boundary control problem for the following generalized Burgers-Huxley (GBH) equation: $$u_t=\nu u_{xx}-\alpha u^{\delta}u_x+\beta u(1-u^{\delta})(u^{\delta}-\gamma), $$ where $\nu,\alpha,\beta>0,$ $1\leq\delta<\infty$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Shri Lal Raghudev Ram Singh , Manil T. Mohan

In this paper we are interested on solvability of the problem \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=0 & \text{in} \;\;\;\mathbb{R}^{n+1}_{+}\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\\ \;\;\displaystyle{\frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu}} = V(x)u+b \vert…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Marcelo F. de Almeida , Lidiane S. M. Lima

We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to fractional heat equation in bounded $C^{1,1}$ domains. More precisely, we consider solutions to $\partial_t u + (-\Delta)^s u=0 \textrm{ in }\Omega,\ t > 0$, with zero Dirichlet…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-02 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper, we prove local $C^{1}$ regularity of free boundaries for the double obstacle problem with an upper obstacle $\psi$, \begin{align*} \Delta u &=f\chi_{\Omega(u) \cap\{ u< \psi\} }+ \Delta \psi \chi_{\Omega(u)\cap \{u=\psi\}},…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Ki-ahm Lee , Jinwan Park , Henrik Shahgholian

The aim of this work is to study homogeneous stable solutions to the thin (or fractional) one-phase free boundary problem. The problem of classifying stable (or minimal) homogeneous solutions in dimensions $n\geq3$ is completely open. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We study the obstacle problem for integro-differential operators of order $2s$, with $s\in (0,1)$. Our main result establishes that the free boundary is $C^{1,\gamma}$ and $u\in C^{1,s}$ near all regular points. Namely, we prove the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-07 Luis Caffarelli , Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle for the $p$-Laplacian, $\min\bigl\{-\Delta_p u,\,u-\varphi\bigr\}=0$ in $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$. Here, $\Delta_p u=\textrm{div}\bigl(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\bigr)$, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-20 Alessio Figalli , Brian Krummel , Xavier Ros-Oton

We consider a one-phase free boundary problem involving fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$. D. De Silva, O. Savin, and Y. Sire proved that the flat boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$. We raise the regularity to $C^{\infty}$, extending…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Runcao Lyu

In this paper we study the following one-dimensional reaction-diffusion problem $$ u_t+(-\Delta)^s u=f(x-c t, u) \;\:\textrm{ in } \mathbb{R}\times (0,+\infty), $$ where $s>\frac{1}{2}$, $c \in \mathbb{R}$ is a prescribed velocity, and $f$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Sebastián Flores-Sepúlveda , Gabrielle Nornberg , Alexander Quaas

We study minimizers of the functional $$ \int_{B_1^+}|\nabla u|^2 x_n^a\,d x +2\int_{B_1'} (\lambda_+ u^++\lambda_- u^-)\,d x', $$ for $a\in(-1,1)$. The problem arises in connection with heat flow with control on the boundary. It can also…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Mark Allen , Erik Lindgren , Arshak Petrosyan

For the thin obstacle problem in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, we prove that at all free boundary points, with the exception of a $(n-3)$-dimensional set, the solution differs from its blow-up by higher order corrections. This expansion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-02 Federico Franceschini , Joaquim Serra

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

In this work we obtain a Liouville theorem for positive, bounded solutions of the equation $$ (-\Delta)^s u= h(x_N)f(u) \quad \hbox{in }\mathbb{R}^{N} $$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ stands for the fractional Laplacian with $s\in (0,1)$, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-25 B. Barrios , L. Del Pezzo , J. Garcia-Melian , A. Quaas

We analyze the limit behavior as $s\to 1^-$ of the solution to the fractional Poisson equation $(-\Delta)^s u_s=f_s$, $x\in\Omega$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions $u_s\equiv 0$, $x\in\Omega^c$. We show that $\lim_{s\to 1^-}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Umberto Biccari , Víctor Hernández-Santamaría

Regularization methods have been recently developed to construct stable approximate solutions to classical partial differential equations considered as final value problems. In this paper, we investigate the backward parabolic problem with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-19 Vo Anh Khoa

We study the nonlinear fractional equation $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, for all fractions $0<s<1$ and all nonlinearities $f$. For every fractional power $s \in (0,1)$, we obtain sharp energy estimates for bounded global…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-07-27 Xavier Cabre , Eleonora Cinti