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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 obtain optimal regularity in the Sobolev space $W_0^{1,\tau}(\Omega)$ for the unique solution of $$ -\Delta_m u=K(x)u^{-p} \mbox{in} \Omega, \quad u=0\mbox{on}\partial \Omega. $$ Here $\Omega\subset{\mathbb R}^N$ is a smooth and bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-11 Gurpreet Singh

In this paper we study the existence, the optimal regularity of solutions, and the regularity of the free boundary near the so-called \emph{regular points} in a thin obstacle problem that arises as the local extension of the obstacle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Agnid Banerjee , Donatella Danielli , Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan

We establish the optimal regularity of viscosity solutions to \begin{equation*} u_t - x_n^\gamma \Delta u = f, \end{equation*} which arises in the regularity theory for the porous medium equation. Specifically, we prove that under the zero…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Hyungsung Yun

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 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

We prove the existence and $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of solutions to nonlocal fully nonlinear elliptic equations with gradient constraints. We do not assume any regularity about the constraints; so the constraints need not be $C^1$ or…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Mohammad Safdari

We establish sharp regularity estimates for solutions to $Lu=f$ in $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$, being $L$ the generator of any stable and symmetric L\'evy process. Such nonlocal operators $L$ depend on a finite measure on $S^{n-1}$, called…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-15 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We investigate the regularity of the viscosity solutions to a class of degenerate/singular fully nonlinear elliptic equations with Hamiltonian terms. To overcome the difficulty caused by the simultaneous presence of the general…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Wentao Huo , Xiaofeng Jin , Lingwei Ma , Zhenqiu Zhang

We consider the equation $-\Delta_p u=f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n $, where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplace operator. Explicit examples of unbounded stable energy solutions are known if $n\geq p+4p/(p-1)$. Instead, when…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Xavier Cabre , Pietro Miraglio , Manel Sanchon

In this paper we establish the optimal interior regularity and the $C^{1,\gamma}$ smoothness of the regular part of the free boundary in the thin obstacle problem for a class of degenerate elliptic equations with variable coefficients.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Agnid Banerjee , Federico Buseghin , Nicola Garofalo

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

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle for the $p$-Laplacian, $\min\bigl\{-\Delta_p u,\,u-\varphi\bigr\}=0$ in $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$. Here, $\Delta_p u=\textrm{div}\bigl(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\bigr)$, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-20 Alessio Figalli , Brian Krummel , Xavier Ros-Oton

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

For the obstacle problem involving a convex fully nonlinear elliptic operator, we show that the singular set in the free boundary stratifies. The top stratum is locally covered by a $C^{1,\alpha}$-manifold, and the lower strata are covered…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-16 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

This paper deals with the obstacle problem for the infinity Laplacian. The main results are a characterization of the solution through comparison with cones that lie above the obstacle and the sharp $C^{1,1/3}$--regularity at the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Julio D. Rossi , Eduardo V. Teixeira , José Miguel Urbano

We study the uniqueness problem of $\sigma$-regular solution of the equation, $$-\Delta_p u+ \abs u^{q-1}u =h \quad on\quad \RN, $$ where $q>p-1>0.$ and $N> p.$ Other coercive type equations associated to more general differential operators…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-06 Lorenzo D'Ambrosio , Enzo Mitidieri

We examine the regularity of the extremal solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $ \IR^N$, with the Navier boundary condition $ u=\Delta u =0 $ on $ \pOm$. Here $…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-22 Craig Cowan , Pierpaolo Esposito , Nassif Ghoussoub

We prove existence of solutions to problems whose model is $$\begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Delta_p u + u^q = \frac{f}{u^\gamma} & \text{in}\ \Omega, \newline u\ge0 &\text{in}\ \Omega,\newline u=0 &\text{on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{cases}$$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-02 Francescantonio Oliva

We consider stable solutions to the equation $ -\Delta_p u =f(u) $ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n $ for a $ C^1 $ nonlinearity $f$. Either in the radial case, or for some model nonlinearities $f$ in a general domain,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-19 Pietro Miraglio