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We prove optimal regularity and a detailed analysis of the free boundary of the solutions to the thin obstacle problem for nonparametric minimal surfaces with flat obstacles.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-23 Matteo Focardi , Emanuele Spadaro

We study the regularity of minimizers of a multiphase vectorial Bernoulli free boundary problem. This problem consists in a minimization problem for the Bernoulli functional over families of Sobolev functions with disjoint supports and non…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Giovanni Siclari , Bozhidar Velichkov

In this paper we discuss the optimal regularity of the variable coefficient parabolic Signorini problem with $W^{1,1}_p$ coefficients and $L^p$ inhomogeneity, where $p>n+2$ with $n$ being the space dimension. Relying on an parabolic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Vedansh Arya , Wenhui Shi

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…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 D. De Silva , F. Ferrari , S. Salsa

We consider an one-phase free boundary problem for a degenerate fully non-linear elliptic operators with non-zero right hand side. We use the approach present in \cite{DeSilva} to prove that flat free boundaries and Lipschitz free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-19 R. Leitão , G. C Ricarte

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

We study the obstacle problem with an elliptic operator in nondivergence form with principal coefficients in VMO. We develop all of the basic theory of existence, uniqueness, optimal regularity, and nondegeneracy of the solutions. These…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-12 Ivan Blank , Kubrom Teka

An $\mathrm{L}_1$-maximal regularity theory for parabolic evolution equations inspired by the pioneering work of Da Prato and Grisvard is developed. Besides of its own interest, the approach yields a framework allowing global-in-time…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-30 Raphaël Danchin , Matthias Hieber , Piotr B. Mucha , Patrick Tolksdorf

We study higher critical points of the variational functional associated with a free boundary problem related to plasma confinement. Existence and regularity of minimizers in elliptic free boundary problems have already been studied…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-05 David Jerison , Kanishka Perera

Existence and regularity of minimizers in elliptic free boundary problems have been extensively studied in the literature. We initiate the corresponding study of higher critical points by considering a superlinear free boundary problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-30 David Jerison , Kanishka Perera

We establish the first general regularity result for constrained optimal control problems arising naturally in mathematical physics and mathematical biology. Namely, we prove that for a large class of problems of the form ``maximise $\int…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Lorenzo Ferreri , Idriss Mazari-Fouquer , Raphaël Prunier

The paper continues the analysis started in [Cora-Fioravanti-Vita-25,Fioravanti-24] on the local regularity theory for elliptic equations having coefficients which are degenerate or singular on some lower dimensional manifold. The model…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Gabriele Cora , Gabriele Fioravanti , Stefano Vita

In this paper we study a one phase free boundary problem for the p(x)-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We prove that the free boundary of a weak solution is a C^1 surface in a neighborhood of every free boundary point. We also…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-24 Claudia Lederman , Noemi Wolanski

We establish general bounds on the topology of free boundary minimal surfaces obtained via min-max methods in compact, three-dimensional ambient manifolds with mean convex boundary. We prove that the first Betti number is lower…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Giada Franz , Mario B. Schulz

We study a series of regularity results for solutions to a degenerate or singular fully nonlinear integro-differential equation of the form $$- \big( \sigma_{1}(|Du|) + a(x) \sigma_{2}(|Du|) \big) \mathcal{I}_{\tau}(u,x) = f(x).$$ In the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Jiangwen Wang , Feida Jiang

We show that singular sets of free boundaries arising in codimension one anisotropic geometric variational problems are $\mathcal H ^{n-3}$-negligible, where $n$ is the ambient space dimension. In particular our results apply to capillarity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-30 Guido De Philippis , Francesco Maggi

In this paper we consider a class of obstacle problems of the type %\begin{equation*} %\int_{\Omega}\left<A(x, Du), D(\varphi-u)\right> \, \dx\ge0\qquad\forall %\varphi\in W^{1,q}(\Omega) \quad {\mathrm{s.t.}} \quad \varphi \ge \psi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Andrea Gentile , Raffaella Giova , Andrea Torricelli

For the two-phase membrane problem $ \Delta u = {\lambda_+\over 2} \chi_{\{u>0\}} - {\lambda_-\over 2} \chi_{\{u<0\}} ,$ where $\lambda_+> 0$ and $\lambda_->0 ,$ we prove in two dimensions that the free boundary is in a neighborhood of each…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Henrik Shahgholian , Georg S. Weiss

We study the structure of solutions of the interior Bernoulli free boundary problem for $(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}$ on an interval $D$ with parameter $\lambda > 0$. In particular, we show that there exists a constant $\lambda_{\alpha,D} > 0$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Tadeusz Kulczycki , Jacek Wszoła

In this note we discuss the (higher) regularity properties of the Signorini problem for the homogeneous, isotropic Lam\'e system. Relying on an observation by Schumann \cite{Schumann1}, we reduce the question of the solution's and the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi