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We prove the -- to the best knowledge of the authors -- first result on the fine asymptotic behavior of the regular part of the free boundary of the obstacle problem close to singularities. The result is motivated by our recent partial…

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We discuss the optimal regularity and nondegeneracy of a free boundary problem related to the fractional Laplacian. This work is related to, but addresses a different problem from, recent work of Caffarelli, Roquejoffre, and Sire. A variant…

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In this work, we study regularity properties for nonvariational singular elliptic equations ruled by the infinity Laplacian. We obtain optimal $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity along the free boundary. We also show existence of solutions,…

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In this paper we initiate the investigation of free boundary minimization problems ruled by general singular operators with $A_2$ weights. We show existence and boundedness of minimizers. The key novelty is a sharp $C^{1+\gamma}$ regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Jimmy Lamboley , Yannick Sire , Eduardo V. Teixeira

In this paper we study regularity estimates for the solution to an obstacle problem arising in stochastic impulse control theory. We prove using elementary methods the known sharp $C_{loc}^{1,1}$ estimate for the solution. The new proof is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-02 Rohit Jain

We study the boundary behaviour of solutions to second order parabolic linear equations in moving domains. Our main result is a higher order boundary Harnack inequality in $C^1$ and $C^{k,\alpha}$ domains, providing that the quotient of two…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-01 Teo Kukuljan

In this paper, we study the regularity of the free boundary for minimizers of the Alt-Phillips functional with negative powers \[\mathcal{E}_{\gamma}(u)=\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{2}|\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Lu Chen , Jiali Lan , Yong Wu

We provide sharp boundary regularity estimates for solutions to elliptic equations driven by an integro-differential operator obtained as the sum of a Laplacian with a nonlocal operator generalizing a fractional Laplacian. Our approach…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Nicola Abatangelo , Elisa Affili , Matteo Cozzi

We study linear boundary-value problems for systems of first-order ordinary differential equations with the most general boundary conditions in the normed spaces of continuously differentiable functions on a finite closed interval. The…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Vitalii Soldatov

We study fine boundary regularity properties of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic integro-differential equations of order $2s$, with $s\in(0,1)$. We consider the class of nonlocal operators $\mathcal L_*\subset \mathcal L_0$, which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

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

We establish higher regularity properties of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations at interior critical points. The key novelty of our estimates lies in the fact that they yield smoothness properties that go beyond the inherent…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Thialita M. Nascimento , Ginaldo Sá , Aelson Sobral , Eduardo V. Teixeira

In this paper we present a survey concerning unconstrained free boundary problems of type $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} F_1(D^2u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1 \cap \Omega ,\\ F_2 (D^2 u,\nabla u,u,x)=0 & \text{in }B_1\setminus\Omega ,\\ u…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-25 Alessio Figalli , Henrik Shahgholian

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

This article is concerned with ``up to $C^{2, \alpha}$-regularity results'' about a mixed local-nonlocal nonlinear elliptic equation which is driven by the superposition of Laplacian and fractional Laplacian operators. First of all, an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Xifeng Su , Enrico Valdinoci , Yuanhong Wei , Jiwen Zhang

We consider viscosity solutions to a one-phase free boundary problem for the $p(x)$-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We apply the tools developed in \cite{D} to prove that flat free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$. Moreover, we obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Fausto Ferrari , Claudia Lederman

In this article, we deal with the fine boundary regularity, a weighted H\"{o}lder regularity of weak solutions to the problem involving the fractional $(p,q)$ Laplacian denoted by $(-\Delta)_{p}^{s} u + (-\Delta)_{q}^{s} u = f(x)$ in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-22 R. Dhanya , Ritabrata Jana , Uttam Kumar , Sweta Tiwari

Let $u$ be a solution to the normalized p-harmonic obstacle problem with $p>2$. That is, $u\in W^{1,p}(B_1(0))$, $2<p<\infty$, $u\ge 0$ and $$ \d\left( |\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\right)=\chi_{\{u>0\}}\textrm{ in }B_1(0) $$ where $u(x)\ge 0$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-15 John Andersson

We study boundary regularity for the inhomogeneous Dirichlet problem for $2s$-stable operators in generalized H\"older spaces. Moreover, we provide explicit counterexamples that showcase the sharpness of our results. Our approach directly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-02 Florian Grube

We prove some detailed quantitative stability results for the contact set and the solution of the classical obstacle problem in $\mathbb{R}^n$ ($n \ge 2$) under perturbations of the obstacle function, which is also equivalent to studying…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-06 Sylvia Serfaty , Joaquim Serra