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In this survey we provide an overview of nonlinear elliptic homogeneous boundary value problems featuring singular zero-order terms with respect to the unknown variable whose prototype equation is $$ -\Delta u = {u^{-\gamma}} \ \text{in}\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Francescantonio Oliva , Francesco Petitta

This paper provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of free boundaries in overdetermined value-problems (ODVP) for the Laplacian, and sufficient conditions for the bi-Laplacian, when the overdetermined boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Mohammed Barkatou , Samira Khatmi

We start the investigation of free boundary variational models featuring varying singularities. The theory depends strongly on the nature of the singular power $\gamma(x)$ and how it changes. Under a mild continuity assumption on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Damião Araújo , Aelson Sobral , Eduardo V. Teixeira , José Miguel Urbano

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 prove optimal regularity and derive several geometric properties for solutions of a free boundary problem with fractional diffusion. Additionally, we deduce local $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity results for the corresponding interior and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Diego Marcon , Rafayel Teymurazyan

In this paper, we consider the relation between $p > 1$ and critical dimension of the extremal solution of the semilinear equation $$\{\begin{array}{lllllll} \beta \Delta^{2}u-\tau \Delta u=\frac{\lambda}{(1-u)^{p}} & in\ \ B, 0<u\leq 1 &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Baishun Lai , Qing Luo

We investigate quantitative properties of nonnegative solutions $u(x)\ge 0$ to the semilinear diffusion equation $\mathcal{L} u= f(u)$, posed in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^N$ with appropriate homogeneous Dirichlet or outer…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Matteo Bonforte , Alessio Figalli , Juan Luis Vazquez

In this work, we study regularity properties for nonvariational singular elliptic equations ruled by the infinity Laplacian. We obtain optimal $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity along the free boundary. We also show existence of solutions,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-18 Damião J. Araújo , Ginaldo de Santana Sá

We consider the problem of attainability of the best constant in the following critical fractional Hardy-Sobolev inequality: \begin{equation*} \mu_{\gamma,s}(\R^n):= \inf\limits_{u \in H^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} (\R^n)\setminus \{0\}} \frac{…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-15 Nassif Ghoussoub , Shaya Shakerian

We establish the existence of positive solutions to a general class of overdetermined semilinear elliptic boundary problems on suitable bounded open sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. Specifically, for $n\leq 4$ and under mild technical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Alberto Enciso , Pablo Hidalgo-Palencia , Xavier Ros-Oton

We consider the elliptic equation $-\Delta u+ u=0$ in a bounded, smooth domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^{2}$ subject to the nonlinear Neumann boundary condition $\partial u/\partial\nu = |u|^{p-1}u$ on $\partial\Omega$ and study the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-30 Francesca De Marchis , Habib Fourti , Isabella Ianni

In this paper, we study the boundary pointwise regularity for the divergence form elliptic boundary problem on domains with rough boundaries, specifically uniform domains. In general, it is not straightforward to define weak solutions for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Tianyu Guan , Lihe Wang , Chunqin Zhou

Using a direct approach, we prove a $2$-dimensional epiperimetric inequality for the one-phase problem in the scalar and vectorial cases and for the double-phase problem. From this we deduce, in dimension $2$, the $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-10 Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

We establish sharp interior and boundary regularity estimates for solutions to $\partial_t u - L u = f(t, x)$ in $I\times \Omega$, with $I \subset \mathbb{R}$ and $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^n$. The operators $L$ we consider are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton

We study the behavior of weak solutions to the singular quasilinear elliptic problem $-\Delta_p u + \vartheta |\nabla u|^q = \frac{1}{u^\gamma} + f(u)$, in a bounded domain with the Dirichlet boundary condition, where $p>1$, $\gamma>0$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Phuong Le

We investigate stable solutions of elliptic equations of the type \begin{equation*} \left \{ \begin{aligned} (-\Delta)^s u&=\lambda f(u) \qquad {\mbox{ in $B_1 \subset \R^{n}$}} \\ u&= 0 \qquad{\mbox{ on $\partial B_1$,}}\end{aligned}\right…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-04-13 Antonio Capella , Juan Dávila , Louis Dupaigne , Yannick Sire

We are looking for an optimal convex domain on which the boundary value problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{cc}(-\Delta)^2 u_\gamma-\gamma\Delta u_\gamma = f,& \mbox{ in }\Omega\\ u_\gamma=\partial_\nu u_\gamma=0,& \mbox{ on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Sascha Eichmann

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

This work studies the regularity and the geometric significance of solution of the Cauchy problem for a degenerate parabolic equation $u_{t}=\Delta{}u^{m}$. Our main objective is to improve the H$\ddot{o}$lder estimate obtained by pioneers…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-08 Jiaqing Pan

We investigate the regularity of the free boundary for the Signorini problem in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$. It is known that regular points are $(n-1)$-dimensional and $C^\infty$. However, even for $C^\infty$ obstacles $\varphi$, the set of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-15 Xavier Fernández-Real , Xavier Ros-Oton