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The Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman monotonicity formula is a cornerstone in the theory of free boundary problems. In this note we provide a self-contained proof of this result. To prove the main stepping stone, namely the Friedland-Hayman…

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We describe a simple way of constructing exponentially growing solutions of the second order systems with the Laplacian as the principal term.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Gregory Eskin , James Ralston

We study the nodal set of solutions to equations of the form $$ (-\Delta)^s u = \lambda_+ (u_+)^{q-1} - \lambda_- (u_-)^{q-1}\quad\text{in $B_1$}, $$ where $\lambda_+,\lambda_->0, q \in [1,2)$, and $u_+$ and $u_-$ are respectively the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Giorgio Tortone

We use a characterization of the fractional Laplacian as a Dirichlet to Neumann operator for an appropriate differential equation to study its obstacle problem. We write an equivalent characterization as a thin obstacle problem. In this way…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-31 Luis Caffarelli , Sandro Salsa , Luis Silvestre

We study the obstacle problem related to a wide class of nonlinear integro-differential operators, whose model is the fractional subLaplacian in the Heisenberg group. We prove both the existence and uniqueness of the solution, and that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-01-12 Mirco Piccinini

We provide fine asymptotics of solutions of fractional elliptic equations at boundary points where the domain is locally conical; that is, corner type singularities appear. Our method relies on a suitable smoothing of the corner singularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Alessandra De Luca , Veronica Felli , Stefano Vita

In this paper we study nonlinear second-order differential inclusions involving the ordinary vector $p$-Laplacian, a multivalued maximal monotone operator and nonlinear multivalued boundary conditions. Our framework is general and unifying…

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In this paper, we consider the dual fractional parabolic problem in the right half space. We prove that the positive solutions are strictly increasing in $x_1$ direction without assuming the solutions be bounded. So far as we know, this is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Wenxiong Chen , Lingwei Ma

We consider a class of time-inhomogeneous optimal stopping problems and we provide sufficient conditions on the data of the problem that guarantee monotonicity of the optimal stopping boundary. In our setting, time-inhomogeneity stems not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-16 Alessandro Milazzo

We consider Anzellotti-type almost minimizers for the thin obstacle (or Signorini) problem with zero thin obstacle and establish their $C^{1,\beta}$ regularity on the either side of the thin manifold, the optimal growth away from the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-03 Seongmin Jeon , Arshak Petrosyan

In this paper, we consider a mixed boundary value problem with a double phase partial differential operator, an obstacle effect and a multivalued reaction convection term. Under very general assumptions, an existence theorem for the mixed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Shengda Zeng , Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu , Patrick Winkert

We consider Liouville-type and partial regularity results for the nonlinear fourth-order problem $$ \Delta^2 u=|u|^{p-1}u\ \{in} \ \R^n,$$ where $ p>1$ and $n\ge1$. We give a complete classification of stable and finite Morse index…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-03-26 Juan Davila , Louis Dupaigne , Kelei Wang , Juncheng Wei

We determine the asymptotic behaviour of (bilateral) obstacle problems for fractional energies in rather general aperiodic settings via Gamma-convergence arguments. As further developments we consider obstacles with random sizes and shapes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Matteo Focardi

We establish a Liouville type theorem for the fractional Lane-Emden system: \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{\begin{array}{l@{\quad }l} (-\Delta)^\alpha u=v^q&{\rm in}\,\,\R^N,\\ (-\Delta)^\alpha v=u^p&{\rm in}\,\,\R^N, \end{array} \right.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-20 Alexander Quaas , Aliang Xia

We consider an elliptic partial differential equation driven by higher order fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{s}$, $s \in (1,2)$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition \begin{equation*} \left\{% \begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta)^{s}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Fuwei Cheng , Xifeng Su , Jiwen Zhang

We provide a structural characterization of a given boundary using two-phase elliptic measure in a multi-operator setting, extending to this novel setting results of Kenig, Preiss & Toro, Toro & Zhao and Azzam & Mourgoglou, including a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Max Goering , Anna Skorobogatova

In this paper we establish the multiplicity of nontrivial weak solutions for the problem $(-\Delta)^{\alpha} u +u= h(u)$ in $\Omega_{\lambda}$,\ $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega_{\lambda}$, where $\Omega_{\lambda}=\lambda\Omega$, $\Omega$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-01 G. M. Figueiredo , M. T. O Pimenta , G. Siciliano

In this work, we use monotonicity-based methods for the fractional Schr\"odinger equation with general potentials $q\in L^\infty(\Omega)$ in a Lipschitz bounded open set $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ in any dimension $n\in \mathbb N$. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-06 Bastian Harrach , Yi-Hsuan Lin

In this paper, a new fractional operator of variable order with the use of the monotonic increasing function is proposed in sense of Caputo type. The properties in term of the Laplace and Fourier transforms are analyzed and the results for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-18 Xiao-Jun Yang , J. A. Tenreiro Machado

Isoperimetric problems consist in minimizing or maximizing a cost functional subject to an integral constraint. In this work, we present two fractional isoperimetric problems where the Lagrangian depends on a combined Caputo derivative of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-17 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres