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We establish sharp boundary regularity estimates in $C^1$ and $C^{1,\alpha}$ domains for nonlocal problems of the form $Lu=f$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ in $\Omega^c$. Here, $L$ is a nonlocal elliptic operator of order $2s$, with $s\in(0,1)$.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We study the regularity of minimizers of a two-phase free boundary problem. For a class of n-dimensional convex domains, we establish the Lipschitz continuity of the minimizer up to the fixed boundary under Neumann boundary conditions. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Thomas Beck , David Jerison , Sarah Raynor

In this paper we consider the fully nonlinear parabolic free boundary problem $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} F(D^2u) -\partial_t u=1 & \text{a.e. in}Q_1 \cap \Omega\\ |D^2 u| + |\partial_t u| \leq K & \text{a.e. in}Q_1\setminus\Omega,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-17 Alessio Figalli , Henrik Shahgholian

We prove Lipschitz continuity of solutions to a class of rather general two-phase anisotropic free boundary problems in 2D and we classify global solutions. As a consequence, we obtain $C^{2,1}$ regularity of solutions to the Bellman…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Luis Caffarelli , Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

We obtain strict stability inequalities for homogeneous solutions of the one-phase Bernoulli problem. We prove that in dimension $7$ and above, cohomogeneity one solutions with bi-orthogonal symmetry are strictly stable. As a consequence,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Benjy Firester , Raphael Tsiamis , Yipeng Wang

We investigate general semilinear (obstacle-like) problems of the form $\Delta u = f(u)$, where $f(u)$ has a singularity/jump at $\{u=0\}$ giving rise to a free boundary. Unlike many works on such equations where $f$ is approximately…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Mark Allen , Dennis Kriventsov , Henrik Shahgholian

For the problem describing steady, gravity waves with vorticity on a two-dimensional, unidirectional flow of finite depth the following results are obtained. (i) Bounds for the free-surface profile and for Bernoulli's constant. (ii) If only…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Vladimir Kozlov , Nikolay Kuznetsov , Evgeniy Lokharu

In this paper we initiate the investigation of free boundary minimization problems ruled by general singular operators with $A_2$ weights. We show existence and boundedness of minimizers. The key novelty is a sharp $C^{1+\gamma}$ regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Jimmy Lamboley , Yannick Sire , Eduardo V. Teixeira

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. Our main result establishes that the free boundary is $C^1$ near regular points.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-31 Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

Bernoulli's free boundary problem is an overdetermined problem in which one seeks an annular domain such that the capacitary potential satisfies an extra boundary condition. There exist two different types of solutions called elliptic and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Antoine Henrot , Michiaki Onodera

We consider viscosity solutions to a one-phase free boundary problem for the $p(x)$-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We apply the tools developed in \cite{D} to prove that flat free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$. Moreover, we obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Fausto Ferrari , Claudia Lederman

In the unit ball B(0,1), let $u$ and $\Omega$ (a domain in $\R$) solve the following overdetermined problem: $$\Delta u =\chi_\Omega\quad \hbox{in} B(0,1), \qquad 0 \in \partial \Omega, \qquad u=|\nabla u |=0 \quad \hbox{in} B(0,1)\setminus…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Luis A. Caffarelli , Lavi Karp , Henrik Shahgholian

We investigate a fully nonlinear two-phase free boundary problem with a Neumann boundary condition on the boundary of a general convex set $K \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with corners. We show that the interior regularity theory developed by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Thomas Beck , Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

In this paper, we consider a free boundary problem of a semilinear nonhomogeneous elliptic equation with Bernoulli's type free boundary. The existence and regularity of the solution to the free boundary problem are established by use of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-04 Jianfeng Cheng , Lili Du

We study the regularity of free boundaries in the multiple elastic membrane problem in the plane. We prove the uniqueness of blow-ups, and that the free boundaries are $C^{1,\log}$-curves near a regular intersection point.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Ovidiu Savin , Hui Yu

We prove some concavity properties connected to nonlinear Bernoulli type free boundary problems. In particular, we prove a Brunn-Minkowski inequality and an Urysohn's type inequality for the Bernoulli Constant and we study the behaviour of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-07 C. Bianchini , P. Salani

We study the obstacle problem with an elliptic operator in nondivergence form with principal coefficients in VMO. We develop all of the basic theory of existence, uniqueness, optimal regularity, and nondegeneracy of the solutions. These…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-12 Ivan Blank , Kubrom Teka

We study an inhomogeneous Neumann boundary value problem for functions of least gradient on bounded domains in metric spaces that are equipped with a doubling measure and support a Poincar\'e inequality. We show that solutions exist under…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-09 Panu Lahti , Lukas Maly , Nageswari Shanmugalingam

In this paper, we analyze the singular shape of the free boundary at degenerate points in a three dimensional axisymmetric compressible gravity flow. For all possible degenerate points on the free surface, we prove that the only nontrivial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Lili Du , Chunlei Yang

In this paper we study the singular set in the parabolic obstacle problem for general obstacles $\varphi \in C^{2,1}$. We prove that the singular set has parabolic Hausdorff dimension at most $n-1$. Prior to our result, this was only known…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Alejandro Martínez , Xavier Ros-Oton