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We consider triplets of densities $(u_1,u_2,u_3)$ minimizing the Dirichlet energy \[\sum_{j=1}^3 \int_{\Omega} |\nabla u_j|^2\,dx \] over a bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$, subject to the partial segregation condition: \[…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Nicola Soave , Susanna Terracini

We study minimizers of the functional $$ \int_{B_1^+}|\nabla u|^2 x_n^a\,d x +2\int_{B_1'} (\lambda_+ u^++\lambda_- u^-)\,d x', $$ for $a\in(-1,1)$. The problem arises in connection with heat flow with control on the boundary. It can also…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Mark Allen , Erik Lindgren , Arshak Petrosyan

We consider the Bernoulli one-phase free boundary problem in a domain $\Omega$ and show that the free boundary $F$ is $C^{1,1/2}$ regular in a neighborhood of the fixed boundary $\partial \Omega$. We achieve this by relating the behavior of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Hector Chang-Lara , Ovidiu Savin

In this paper, we consider a double-phase problem characterised by a transmission that takes place across the zero level "surface" of the minimiser of the functional $$ J(v,\Omega) = \int_\Omega \left( |D v^+|^p + |D v^-|^q \right) dx. $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Maria Colombo , Sunghan Kim , Henrik Shahgholian

We study a one-phase Bernoulli free boundary problem with weight function admitting a discontinuity along a smooth jump interface. In any dimension $N\ge 2$, we show the $C^{1, \alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary outside of a singular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Lorenzo Ferreri , Bozhidar Velichkov

We prove a regularity theorem for the free boundary of minimizers of the two-phase Bernoulli problem, completing the analysis started by Alt, Caffarelli and Friedman in the 80s. As a consequence, we also show regularity of minimizers of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-15 Guido De Philippis , Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

We study a variant of the Alt, Caffarelli, and Friedman free boundary problem with many phases and a slightly different volume term, which we originally designed to guess the localization of eigenfunctions of a Schr\"odinger operator in a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Guy David , Marcel Filoche , David Jerison , Svitlana Mayboroda

We establish interior regularity and optimal growth estimates for sign-changing minimizers of the $p-$singular or $p-$degenerate quasilinear Alt--Phillips functional throughout the full range of $1<p<\infty$ and of the nonlinearity power…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Yousef Alamri , José Miguel Urbano

We study the regularity of the interface for a new free boundary problem introduced by Caffarelli and Kriventsov. We show that for minimizers of the functional \[ F_1(A,u) = \int_A |\nabla u|^2 d\mathcal{L}^n + \int_{\partial A} u^2 +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Dennis Kriventsov

We discuss the extent to which solutions to one-phase free boundary problems can be characterized according to their topological complexity. Our questions are motivated by fundamental work of Luis Caffarelli on free boundaries and by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-04 David S. Jerison , Nikola Kamburov

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 investigate the local boundedness of weak solutions to degenerate parabolic double phase equation of type $$ u_t-\textrm{div}(|Du|^{p-2}Du+a(x,t)|Du|^{q-2}Du)=0\quad \text{in } \Omega_T := \Omega\times (0,T), $$ where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Bogi Kim , Jehan Oh

In this paper, we prove several regularity results for the heterogeneous, two-phase free boundary problems $\mathcal {J}_{\gamma}(u)=\int_{\Omega}\big(f(x,\nabla u)+\lambda_{+}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Jun Zheng

Let $N>2$, $p\in \left(\frac{2N}{N+2},+\infty\right)$, and $\Omega$ be an open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$. We consider the minimum problem $$ \mathcal{J} (u) := \displaystyle\int_{\Omega } \left(\frac{1}{p}| \nabla u|…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Yuwei Hu , Jun Zheng , Leandro S. Tavares

We investigate Bernoulli free boundary problems prescribing infinite jump conditions. The mathematical set-up leads to the analysis of non-differentiable minimization problems of the form $\int \left(\nabla u\cdot (A(x)\nabla u) +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-24 Stanley Snelson , Eduardo V. Teixeira

In this paper we consider a minimization problem for the functional $$ J(u)=\int_{B_1^+}|\nabla u|\sp 2+\lambda_{+}^2\chi_{\{u>0\}}+\lambda_{-}^2\chi_{\{u\leq0\}}, $$ in the upper half ball $B_1^+\subset\R^n, n\geq 2$ subject to a Lipschitz…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-24 Aram Karakhanyan , Henrik Shahgholian

We study the regularity of the "free surface" in boundary obstacle problems. We show that near a non-degenerate point the free boundary is a $C^{1,\alpha}$ $(n-2)$-dimensional surface in $\real^{n-1}$.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Athanasopoulos , L. A. Caffarelli , S. Salsa

In this paper, we study solutions $u$ of parabolic systems in divergence form with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions in the upper-half cylinder $Q_1^+\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, where the coefficients are weighted by $x_n^\alpha$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Hongjie Dong , Seongmin Jeon

We study vector-valued almost minimizers of the energy functional $$\int_D\left(|\nabla\mathbf{u}|^2+\frac2{1+q}\left(\lambda_+(x)|\mathbf{u}^+|^{q+1}+\lambda_-(x)|\mathbf{u}^-|^{q+1}\right)\right)dx,\quad0<q<1.$$ For H\"older continuous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-14 Daniela De Silva , Seongmin Jeon , Henrik Shahgholian

In this paper we consider a weakly coupled $p$-Laplacian system of a Bernoulli type free boundary problem, through minimization of a corresponding functional. We prove various properties of any local minimizer and the corresponding free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-06 Morteza Fotouhi , Henrik Shahgholian