Related papers: Higher regularity estimates for the porous medium …
This article is concerned with a porous medium equation whose pressure law is both nonlinear and nonlocal, namely $\partial_t u = { \nabla \cdot} \left(u \nabla(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}-1}u^{m-1} \right)$ where $u:\mathbb{R}_+\times…
In this paper we study the existence, the optimal regularity of solutions, and the regularity of the free boundary near the so-called \emph{regular points} in a thin obstacle problem that arises as the local extension of the obstacle…
We prove the maximal local regularity of weak solutions to the parabolic problem associated with the fractional Laplacian with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions on an arbitrary bounded open set $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$. Proofs…
We obtain new estimates for the solution of both the porous medium and the fast diffusion equations by studying the evolution of suitable Lipschitz norms. Our results include instantaneous regularization for all positive times, long-time…
We prove optimal regularity for solutions to porous media equations in Sobolev spaces, based on velocity averaging techniques. In particular, the obtained regularity is consistent with the optimal regularity in the linear limit.
In this paper, we study some regularity issues concerning the gradient of weak solutions of $u_t - {\rm div} \mathcal{A}(x,t,\nabla u) = g$, where $\mathcal{A}(x,t,\nabla u)$ is modeled after the $p$-Laplace operator. The main results we…
We consider nonlinear parabolic equations of the type $$ u_t - div a(x, t, Du)= f(x,t) on \Omega_T = \Omega\times (-T,0), $$ under standard growth conditions on $a$, with $f$ only assumed to be integrable. We prove general decay estimates…
In this paper, we establish the boundary regularity results for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear degenerate/singular parabolic equations of the form $$u_t - x_n^{\gamma} F(D^2 u,x,t) = f,$$ where $\gamma<1$. These equations are…
We prove existence of smooth solutions to linear degenerate parabolic equations on bounded domains assuming a structure condition of Fichera. We use this to give a proof of a smooth short time existence result for the porous medium equation…
We consider nonnegative solutions of the quasilinear heat equation $\partial_t u = \tfrac{1}{2} u \partial_x^2 u$ in one dimension. Our solutions may vanish and may be unbounded. The equation is then degenerate, and weak solutions are…
In this work, we establish universal moduli of continuity for viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations with oblique boundary conditions, whose general model is given by $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{rcl} F(D^2u,x) &=& f(x) \quad…
We consider fully nonlinear obstacle-type problems of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} F(D^{2}u,x)=f(x) & \text{a.e. in}B_{1}\cap\Omega,|D^{2}u|\le K & \text{a.e. in}B_{1}\backslash\Omega, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $\Omega$…
We develop a theory of existence, uniqueness and regularity for a porous medium equation with fractional diffusion, $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + (-\Delta)^{1/2} (|u|^{m-1}u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, with $m>m_*=(N-1)/N$, $N\ge1$ and $f\in…
We study the boundary regularity of local weak solutions to nonlinear parabolic systems of the form \begin{equation*} \partial_t u^i - \mathrm{div} \big( a(|Du|) Du^i \big)= f^i, \qquad i=1,\dots,N, \end{equation*} in a space-time cylinder…
In this paper we study existence and regularity of solutions to Dirichlet problems as $$ \begin{cases} - {\rm div}\left(|u|^m\frac{D u}{|D u|}\right) = f & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ \newline u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega, \end{cases} $$ where…
This paper provides sharp quantitative and constructive estimates of nonnegative solutions $u(t,x)\geq 0$ to the nonlinear fractional diffusion equation, $$\partial_t u +{\mathcal L} F(u)=0,$$ also known as filtration equation, posed in a…
This article studies the continuity of bounded nonnegative weak solutions to inhomogeneous doubly nonlinear parabolic equations. A model equation is \begin{equation*}\partial_t u-\operatorname{div}(u^{m-1}|Du|^{p-2}Du)=f\qquad…
This paper is concerned with boundary regularity estimates in the homogenization of elliptic equations with rapidly oscillating and high-contrast coefficients. We establish uniform nontangential-maximal-function estimates for the Dirichlet,…
In this manuscript, we establish the existence and sharp geometric regularity estimates for bounded solutions of a class of quasilinear parabolic equations in non-divergence form with non-homogeneous degeneracy. The model equation in this…
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…