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In this paper we prove some existence and regularity results concerning parabolic equations dtu = F(D u, D2 u) + f(x,u) with some boundary conditions, on Omega times ]0,T[, where Omega is some bounded domain which possesses the cone…

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We investigate the regularity of the free boundary for a general class of two-phase free boundary problems with non-zero right hand side. We prove that Lipschitz or flat free boundaries are $C^{1,\gamma}$. In particular, viscosity solutions…

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In this manuscript we establish local H\"older regularity estimates for bounded solutions of a certain class of doubly degenerate evolution PDEs. By making use of intrinsic scaling techniques and geometric tangential methods, we derive…

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We study the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian with drift, $\min\left\{(-\Delta)^s u + b \cdot \nabla u,\,u -\varphi\right\} = 0$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, in the critical regime $s = \frac{1}{2}$. Our main result establishes the…

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We prove sharp regularity estimates for solutions of highly degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations. These are free boundary models in which a nonlinear diffusion process drives the system only in the region where the gradient…

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We extend basic regularity of the free boundary of the obstacle problem to some classes of heterogeneous quasilinear elliptic operators with variable growth that includes, in particular, the $p(x)$-Laplacian. Under the assumption of…

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We study a class of fully nonlinear boundary-degenerate elliptic equations, for which we prove that u \equiv 0 is the only solution. Although no boundary conditions are posed together with the equations, we show that the operator degeneracy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-03 Qing Liu , Erbol Zhanpeisov

Uniqueness of positive solutions to viscous Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations of the form $-\Delta u(x) + \frac{1}{\gamma} |D{u}(x)|^\gamma = f(x) - \lambda$, with $f$ a coercive function and $\lambda$ a constant, in the subquadratic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Ari Arapostathis , Anup Biswas , Luis Caffarelli

We study regularity properties of solutions to nonlinear and nonlocal evolution problems driven by the so-called \emph{$0$-order fractional $p-$Laplacian} type operators: $$ \partial_t u(x,t)=\mathcal{J}_p u(x,t):=\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Matteo Bonforte , Ariel Salort

In this paper, we study the boundary H\"older regularity for solutions to the fractional Dirichlet problem in unbounded domains with boundary \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^s u(x) = g(x),&\text{in } \Omega, u(x)=0, &\text{in }…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Yahong Guo , Congming Li , Yugao Ouyang

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Renzo Bruera , Xavier Cabre

The key point to prove the optimal $C^{1,\frac12}$ regularity of the thin obstacle problem is that the frequency at a point of the free boundary $x_0\in\Gamma(u)$, say $N^{x_0}(0^+,u)$, satisfies the lower bound $N^{x_0}(0^+,u)\ge\frac32$.…

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We establish regularity results for viscosity solutions to a class of quasilinear parabolic equations exhibiting nonhomogeneous degeneracy or singularity (a double phase regime) of the form \[ u_t - \big(|Du|^{\mathfrak{p}} +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Junior da Silva Bessa , João Vitor da Silva , Ginaldo de Santana Sá

We study the regularity properties of the solutions to the nonlinear equation with fractional diffusion $$ \partial_tu+(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2}\varphi(u)=0, $$ posed for $x\in \mathbb{R}^N$, $t>0$, with $0<\sigma<2$, $N\ge1$. If the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-02 Juan Luis Vázquez , Arturo de Pablo , Fernando Quirós , Ana Rodríguez

In this paper, we establish global $C^{1, \alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions to a class of singular and degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations subject to oblique boundary conditions. Our work extends the findings in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Sun-Sig Byun , Hongsoo Kim , Seunghyun Kim

We consider the no-flux initial-boundary value problem for the cross-diffusive evolution system \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u_t = u_{xx} - \chi \big(\frac{u}{v} \partial_x u \big)_x - uv +B_1(x,t), \qquad & x\in \Omega, \…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-18 Nancy Rodriguez , Michael Winkler

We examine the regularity of the extremal solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $ \IR^N$, with the Navier boundary condition $ u=\Delta u =0 $ on $ \pOm$. Here $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-22 Craig Cowan , Pierpaolo Esposito , Nassif Ghoussoub

We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators. Our main result establishes that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. This completes the study of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-16 Nicola Abatangelo , Xavier Ros-Oton

We give a characterisation of the singular points of the free boundary $\partial \{u>0\}$ for viscosity solutions of the nonlinear equation \begin{equation}F(D^2 u)=-\chi_{\{u>0\}},\tag{0.1} \end{equation} where $F$ is a fully nonlinear…

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