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We prove that a viscosity solution of a uniformly elliptic, fully nonlinear equation is $C^{2,\alpha}$ on the compliment of a closed set of Hausdorff dimension at most $\epsilon$ less than the dimension. The equation is assumed to be $C^1$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-03-21 Scott N. Armstrong , Luis Silvestre , Charles K. Smart

In this work we establish the optimal regularity for solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. In particular, we show the existence of an optimal exponent $\alpha_F$ such that $u$ is $C^{1,\alpha_F}$ on either side of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Maria Colombo , Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We prove sharp boundary regularity of solutions to nonlocal elliptic equations arising from operators comparable to the fractional Laplacian over Reifenberg flat sets and with null exterior condition. More precisely, if the operator has…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Adriano Prade

We prove Lipschitz continuity of viscosity solutions to a class of two-phase free boundary problems governed by fully nonlinear operators.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-13 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

In this paper, we establish pointwise boundary ${{C}^{1,\alpha}}$ estimates for viscosity solutions of some degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations on ${C^{1,\alpha}}$ domains. Instead of straightening out the boundary, we utilize the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Xuemei Li , Dongsheng Li

We obtain optimal boundary and global regularity estimates for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations whose ellipticity degenerates at the critical points of a given solution. We show that any solution is $C^{1,\alpha}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Damião Araújo , Boyan Sirakov

We consider a class of variable-exponent mixed fully nonlinear local and nonlocal degenerate elliptic equations, which degenerate along the set of critical points, $C:=\big\{x:\,Du(x)=0\big\}.$ Under general conditions, first, we establish…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Priyank Oza , Jagmohan Tyagi

We prove optimal boundary $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity for viscosity solutions of degenerate fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations with oblique boundary conditions and Hamiltonian terms of the form \[ \begin{cases} |Du|^{\gamma}F(D^2 u)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Junior da Silva Bessa , Gleydson C. Ricarte

We provide the Alexandroff-Bakelman-Pucci estimate and global $C^{1, \alpha}$-regularity for a class of singular/degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equations. We also derive the existence of a viscosity solution to the Dirichlet problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-03 Sumiya Baasandorj , Sun-Sig Byun , Ki-Ahm Lee , Se-Chan Lee

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

Inspired by the penalization of the domain approach of Lions & Sznitman, we give a sense to Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary value problems for nonlocal, possibly degenerate elliptic equations. Two different cases are considered:…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-25 Guy Barles , Christine Georgelin , Espen R. Jakobsen

In this paper, we prove local $C^{1}$ regularity of free boundaries for the double obstacle problem with an upper obstacle $\psi$, \begin{align*} \Delta u &=f\chi_{\Omega(u) \cap\{ u< \psi\} }+ \Delta \psi \chi_{\Omega(u)\cap \{u=\psi\}},…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Ki-ahm Lee , Jinwan Park , Henrik Shahgholian

In this article we prove for the first time the $C^s$ boundary regularity for solutions to nonlocal elliptic equations with H\"older continuous coefficients in divergence form in $C^{1,\alpha}$ domains. So far, it was only known that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-18 Minhyun Kim , Marvin Weidner

We continue our study in \cite{FL} on viscosity solutions to a one-phase free boundary problem for the $p(x)$-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We first prove that viscosity solutions are locally Lipschitz continuous, which is the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Fausto Ferrari , Claudia Lederman

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 existence of strong solutions to a family of some semilinear parabolic free boundary problems by means of elliptic regularization. Existence of solutions is obtained in two steps: we first show some uniform energy estimates and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Alessandro Audrito , Tomás Sanz-Perela

We prove under general assumptions that solutions of the thin obstacle or Signorini problem in any space dimension achieve the optimal regularity $C^{1,1/2}$. This improves the known optimal regularity results by allowing the thin obstacle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-01-06 Nestor Guillen

We prove that boundary value problems for fully nonlinear second-order parabolic equations admit $L_{p}$-viscosity solutions, which are in $C^{1+\alpha}$ for an $\alpha\in(0,1)$. The equations have a special structure that the "main" part…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-22 N. V. Krylov

In this paper non-transversal intersection of the free and fixed boundary is shown to hold in any dimension for obstacle problems generated by fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators. Moreover, $C^1$ regularity results of the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Emanuel Indrei

In this paper, we study the regularity of the solution for the obstacle problem associated with the linearized Monge-Amp\`ere operator: \begin{align*} \begin{cases} &u\geq\varphi \text{\quad in } \Omega &L_{ w}u=\tr( W D^{2}u)\leq 0…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Meng Ji