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We study the boundary regularity of solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the nonlocal operator with a kernel of variable orders. Since the order of differentiability of the kernel is not represented by a single number, we consider the…

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Established in the 30's, Schauder {\it a priori} estimates are among the most classical and powerful tools in the analysis of problems ruled by 2nd order elliptic PDEs. Since then, a central problem in regularity theory has been to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-08-15 Eduardo V. Teixeira

We prove a regularity result for the unstable elliptic free boundary problem $\Delta u = -\chi_{\{u>0\}}$ related to traveling waves in a problem arising in solid combustion. The maximal solution and every local minimizer of the energy are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Regis Monneau , G. S. Weiss

We introduce a new class of quasi-linear parabolic equations involving nonhomogeneous degeneracy or/and singularity $$ \partial_t u=[|D u|^q+a(x,t)|D u|^s]\left(\Delta u+(p-2)\left\langle D^2 u\frac{D u}{|D u|},\frac{D u}{|D…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Yuzhou Fang , Chao Zhang

In this work, we establish sharp and improved regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of Hardy-H\'{e}non-type equations with possibly singular weights and strong absorption governed by the $\infty$-Laplacian $$ \Delta_{\infty} u(x) =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Elzon C. Bezerra Júnior , João Vitor da Silva , Thialita M. Nascimento , Ginaldo S. Sá

We investigate singular and degenerate behavior of solutions of the unstable free boundary problem $$\Delta u = -\chi_{\{u>0\}} .$$ First, we construct a solution that is not of class $C^{1,1}$ and whose free boundary consists of four arcs…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Andersson , G. S. Weiss

We establish sharp $W^{2,p}$ regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations under minimal, asymptotic assumptions on the governing operator $F$. By means of geometric tangential methods, we show that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Edgard Pimentel , Eduardo V. Teixeira

In this paper, we study a parabolic free boundary problem in an exterior domain $$\begin{cases} F(D^2u)-\partial_tu=u^a\chi_{\{u>0\}}&\text{in }(\mathbb R^n\setminus K)\times(0,\infty),\\ u=u_0&\text{on }\{t=0\},\\ |\nabla u|=u=0&\text{on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Seongmin Jeon , Henrik Shahgholian

We study the higher regularity of solutions and free boundaries in the Alt-Phillips problem $\Delta u=u^{\gamma-1}$, with $\gamma\in(0,1)$. Our main results imply that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. In…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-31 Daniel Restrepo , Xavier Ros-Oton

We consider a pseudo-differential equation driven by the fractional $p$-Laplacian with $p\ge 2$ (degenerate case), with a bounded reaction $f$ and Dirichlet type conditions in a smooth domain $\Omega$. By means of barriers, a nonlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-26 Antonio Iannizzotto , Sunra Mosconi , Marco Squassina

We investigate the regularity of the viscosity solutions to a class of degenerate/singular fully nonlinear elliptic equations with Hamiltonian terms. To overcome the difficulty caused by the simultaneous presence of the general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Wentao Huo , Xiaofeng Jin , Lingwei Ma , Zhenqiu Zhang

In this paper, we establish the regularity results for nonnegative viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear equations of porous medium-type in bounded domains with the zero Dirichlet boundary condition, to be precise, we prove the global…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Hyungsung Yun

We prove a quantitative inhomogeneous Hopf-Oleinik lemma for viscosity solutions of $$|\nabla u|^{\alpha}F(D^{2}u)=f $$ and, more generally, for viscosity supersolutions of $|\nabla u|^{\alpha}\,{M}^-_{\lambda,\Lambda}(D^{2}u)\le f$. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Davide Giovagnoli , Enzo Maria Merlino , Diego Moreira

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

In this article we study solutions to the (interior) thin obstacle problem under low regularity assumptions on the coefficients, the obstacle and the underlying manifold. Combining the linearization method of Andersson \cite{An16} and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

For a vectorial Bernoulli-type free boundary problem, with no sign assumption on the components, we prove that flatness of the free boundary implies $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity, as well-known in the scalar case \cite{AC,C2}. While in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Daniela De Silva , Giorgio Tortone

In this paper we are concerned with higher regularity properties of the elliptic system \[ \Delta\mathbf{u}= |\mathbf{u}|^{q-1}\mathbf{u}\chi_{\{|\mathbf{u}|>0\}},\qquad\mathbf{u}=(u^1,\dots,u^m) \] for $0\leq q<1$. We show analyticity of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-02 Morteza Fotouhi , Herbert Koch

We investigate quantitative properties of nonnegative solutions $u(x)\ge 0$ to the semilinear diffusion equation $\mathcal{L} u= f(u)$, posed in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^N$ with appropriate homogeneous Dirichlet or outer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Matteo Bonforte , Alessio Figalli , Juan Luis Vazquez

We show that Lipschitz solutions $u$ of $\mathrm{div}\, G(\nabla u)=0$ in $B_1\subset\mathbb R^2$ are $C^1$, for strictly monotone vector fields $G\in C^0(\mathbb R^2;\mathbb R^2)$ satisfying a mild ellipticity condition. If $G=\nabla F$…

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We derive $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear equations degenerating on a hypersurface.

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