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We prove that, given~$p>\max\left\{\frac{2n}{n+2},1\right\}$, the nonnegative almost minimizers of the nonlinear free boundary functional $$ J_p(u,\Omega):=\int_{\Omega}\Big( |\nabla u(x)|^p+\chi_{\{u>0\}}(x)\Big)\,dx$$ are Lipschitz…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Serena Dipierro , Fausto Ferrari , Nicolò Forcillo , Enrico Valdinoci

For a fixed constant $\lambda > 0$ and a bounded Lipschitz domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with $n \geq 2$, we establish that almost-minimizers (functions satisfying a sort of variational inequality) of the Alt-Caffarelli type…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Pedro Fellype Pontes , João Vitor da Silva , Minbo Yang

We study entire minimizers of the Allen-Cahn systems. The specific feature of our systems are potentials having a finite number of global minima, with sub-quadratic behaviour locally near their minima. The corresponding formal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Nicholas D. Alikakos , Dimitrios Gazoulis , Arghir Zarnescu

We develop the free boundary regularity for nonnegative minimizers of the Alt-Phillips functional for negative power potentials $$\int_\Omega \left(\frac 1 2 |\nabla u|^2 + u^{\gamma} \chi_{\{u>0\}}\right) \, dx, \quad \quad \gamma \in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

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 study almost minimizers to a fractional Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman type functional. Our main results concern the optimal $C^{0,s}$ regularity of almost minimizers as well as the structure of the free boundary. We first prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Mark Allen , Mariana Smit Vega Garcia

In this article we study functionals of the following type $$ \int_{\Omega} \Big ( \langle A(x,u)\nabla u, \nabla u\rangle + \Lambda (x,u) \Big )\,dx $$ here $A(x,u)= A_+(x)\chi_{\{u>0\}}+A_-(x) \chi _{\{u\leq 0\}}$ for some elliptic and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Diego Moreira , Harish Shrivastava

We study the following boundary value problem (P)\ \ \ \ \ {-\mathrm{div}(a(|\nabla u|)\nabla u)=f(x,u),\ & in $\Omega$, u=0, & on $\partial\Omega$} with nonhomogeneous principal part. By assuming the nonlinearity $f(x, t)$ being…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Tan Zhong , Fang Fei

In this paper, we study the regularity of the "regular" part of the free boundary for almost minimizers in the parabolic Signorini problem with zero thin obstacle. This work is a continuation of our earlier research on the regularity of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-12 Seongmin Jeon , Arshak Petrosyan

The authors of this paper deal with the existence and regularities of weak solutions to the homogenous $\hbox{Dirichlet}$ boundary value problem for the equation $-\hbox{div}(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)+|u|^{p-2}u=\frac{f(x)}{u^{\alpha}}$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-04 Bin Guo , Wenjie Gao , Yanchao Gao

We prove the partial H\"older continuity on boundary points for minimizers of quasiconvex non-degenerate functionals \begin{equation*} \mathcal{F}({\bf u}) \colon =\int_{\Omega} f(x,{\bf u},D{\bf u})\,\mathrm{d}x, \end{equation*} where $f$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Jihoon Ok , Giovanni Scilla , Bianca Stroffolini

In this article we study the quasi-linear equation \[ \left\{ \begin{aligned} \mathrm{div}\, \mathcal A(x,u,\nabla u)&=\mathcal B(x,u,\nabla u)&&\text{in }\Omega,\\ u\in H^{1,p}_{loc}&(\Omega;wdx) \end{aligned} \right. \] where $\mathcal A$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Hernán Castro

In this paper, we extend the related notions of Dirichlet quasiminimizer, $\omega-$minimizer and almost minimizer to the framework of multiple-valued functions in the sense of Almgren and prove Holder regularity results. We also give…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-06-11 Jordan Goblet , Wei Zhu

We obtain density estimates for the free boundaries of minimizers $u \ge 0$ of the Alt-Phillips functional involving negative power potentials $$\int_\Omega \left(|\nabla u|^2 + u^{-\gamma} \chi_{\{u>0\}}\right) \, dx, \quad \quad \gamma…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-18 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

In this paper, we study local minimizers of a degenerate version of the Alt-Caffarelli functional. Specifically, we consider local minimizers of the functional $J_{Q}(u, \Omega):= \int_{\Omega} |\nabla u|^2 + Q(x)^2\chi_{\{u>0\}}dx$ where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-26 Sean McCurdy

In this paper we consider the minimization of the functional \[ J[u]:=\int_\Omega |\Delta u|^2+\chi_{\{u>0\}} \] in the admissible class of functions \[ \mathcal A:= \left\{u\in W^{2, 2}(\Omega) {\mbox{ s.t. }} u-u_0\in W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-13 Serena Dipierro , Aram Karakhanyan , Enrico Valdinoci

Existence and regularity of minimizers in elliptic free boundary problems have been extensively studied in the literature. We initiate the corresponding study of higher critical points by considering a superlinear free boundary problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-30 David Jerison , Kanishka Perera

We study regularity properties of the free boundary for the thin one-phase problem which consists of minimizing the energy functional $$\label{E} E(u,\Omega) = \int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2 dX + \mathcal{H}^n(\{u>0\} \cap \{x_{n+1} = 0\}), \quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-09 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

Let $u$ be a weak solution of the free boundary problem $$\mathcal L u=\lambda_0 \mathcal H^1\lfloor\partial\{u>0\}, u\ge 0,$$ where $\mathcal L u={\text{div}}(g(\nabla u)\nabla u)$ is a quasilinear elliptic operator and $g(\xi)$ is a given…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-10 Aram L. Karakhanyan

We study the existence and multiplicity of weak solutions for the following quasilinear elliptic system: \[ \begin{cases} -\mathrm{div}(A_1(x,u_1)\nabla u_1) + \displaystyle\frac{1}{2} D_{u_1}A_1(x,u_1)\nabla u_1 \cdot \nabla u_1 =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Annamaria Canino , Simone Mauro