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In this article we study the optimal regularity for solutions to the following weakly coupled system with interconnected obstacles \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \min (-\Delta u^1+f^1, u^1-u^2+\psi^1)=0 \\ \min (-\Delta u^2+f^2,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-28 Gohar Aleksanyan

In this paper, we study minimizers of the Chon\'e--Rochet variational problem in dimension two. We first establish global $C^1$ regularity on arbitrary bounded convex domains, and then prove global $C^{1,1}$ regularity on bounded strictly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Shibing Chen , Alessio Figalli , Yi Ru-Ya Zhang

We prove optimal regularity and derive several geometric properties for solutions of a free boundary problem with fractional diffusion. Additionally, we deduce local $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity results for the corresponding interior and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Diego Marcon , Rafayel Teymurazyan

In this paper, we prove boundary pointwise $C^{k,\alpha}$ regularity for any $k\geq 1$ for fully nonlinear parabolic equations. As an application, we give a direct and short proof of the higher regularity of the free boundaries in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang

In this paper, we study the regularity of the free boundary for minimizers of the Alt-Phillips functional with negative powers \[\mathcal{E}_{\gamma}(u)=\int_{\Omega}\frac{1}{2}|\nabla…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Lu Chen , Jiali Lan , Yong Wu

In this article we study optimization problems ruled by $\alpha$-fractional diffusion operators with volume constraints. By means of penalization techniques we prove existence of solutions. We also show that every solution is locally of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-19 Eduardo V. Teixeira , Rafayel Teymurazyan

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 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 $\Omega$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-07 Emanuel Indrei , Andreas Minne

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the parabolic obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ (and more general integro-differential operators) in the regime $s>\frac{1}{2}$. We prove that once the free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Teo Kukuljan

We study the regularity of solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. We establish local $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimates on each side of the smooth obstacle, for some small $\alpha > 0$. Our results extend those of Milakis-Silvestre…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-15 Xavier Fernández-Real

In this paper, we obtain some regularities of the free boundary in optimal transportation with the quadratic cost. Our first result is about the $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of the free boundary for optimal partial transport between convex…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Shibing Chen , Jiakun Liu

We consider the normalized $p$-Poisson problem $$-\Delta^N_p u=f \qquad \text{in}\quad \Omega.$$ The normalized $p$-Laplacian $\Delta_p^{N}u:=|D u|^{2-p}\Delta_p u$ is in non-divergence form and arises for example from stochastic games. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Amal Attouchi , Mikko Parviainen , Eero Ruosteenoja

We establish maximal local regularity results of weak solutions or local minimizers of \[ \operatorname{div} A(x, Du)=0 \quad\text{and}\quad \min_u \int_\Omega F(x,Du)\,dx, \] providing new ellipticity and continuity assumptions on $A$ or…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Peter Hästö , Jihoon Ok

We prove new optimal $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity results for obstacle problems involving evolutionary $p$-Laplace type operators in the degenerate regime $p > 2$. Our main results include the optimal regularity improvement at free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-12 Sunghan Kim , Kaj Nyström

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of $W^{2,p}$ ($n<p<\infty$) solutions of a double obstacle problem with $C^{1,1}$ obstacle functions. Moreover, we show the optimal regularity of the solution and the local $C^1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-14 Ki-ahm Lee , Jinwan Park

We prove some regularity results for a priori bounded local minimizers of non-autonomous integral functionals of the form $$\mathcal{F}(v,\Omega)=\int_\Omega F(x,Dv)dx,$$ under the constraint $v \ge \psi$ a.e. in $\Omega$, where $\psi$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Raffaella Giova , Antonio Giuseppe Grimaldi , Andrea Torricelli

We prove $C^{2,\alpha}$ regularity of sufficiently flat free boundaries, for the thin one-phase problem in which the free boundary occurs on a lower dimensional subspace. This problem appears also as a model of a one-phase free boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

This paper concerns the regularity and geometry of the free boundary in the optimal partial transport problem for general cost functions. More specifically, we prove that a $C^1$ cost implies a locally Lipschitz free boundary. As an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-12 Shibing Chen , Emanuel Indrei

We give partial boundary regularity for co-dimension one absolutely area-minimizing currents at points where the boundary consists of a sum of $C^{1,\alpha}$ submanifolds, possibly with multiplicity, meeting tangentially, given that the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-19 Leobardo Rosales

In this paper, we establish a $C^{1,\alpha}$-regularity theorem for almost-minimizers of the functional $\mathcal{F}_{\varepsilon,\gamma}=P-\gamma P_{\varepsilon}$, where $\gamma\in(0,1)$ and $P_{\varepsilon}$ is a nonlocal energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Michael Goldman , Benoît Merlet , Marc Pegon