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This paper deals with the Lipschitz regularity of minimizers for a class of variational obstacle problems with possible occurance of the Lavrentiev phenomenon. In order to overcome this problem, the availment of the notions of relaxed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-26 Giacomo Bertazzoni , Samuele Riccò

We study the obstacle problem for parabolic operators of the type $\partial_t + L$, where $L$ is an elliptic integro-differential operator of order $2s$, such as $(-\Delta)^s$, in the supercritical regime $s \in (0,{1/2})$. The best result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-11 Xavier Ros-Oton , Clara Torres-Latorre

In this article we study solutions to the (interior) thin obstacle problem under low regularity assumptions on the coefficients, the obstacle and the underlying manifold. Combining the linearization method of Andersson \cite{An16} and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

In general, standard necessary optimality conditions cannot be formulated in a straightforward manner for semi-smooth shape optimization problems. In this paper, we consider shape optimization problems constrained by variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Daniel Luft , Volker H. Schulz , Kathrin Welker

In this work, we consider optimality conditions of an optimal control problem governed by an obstacle problem. Here, we focus on introducing a, matrix valued, control variable as the coefficients of the obstacle problem. As it is well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Nicolai Simon , Winnifried Wollner

We show that signed weak solutions to parabolic obstacle problems with porous medium type structure are locally H\"older continuous, provided that the obstacle is H\"older continuous.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Kristian Moring , Leah Schätzler

Motivated by recent results on the (possibly conditional) regularity for time-dependent hypoelliptic equations, we prove a parabolic version of the Poincar\'e inequality, and as a consequence, we deduce a version of the classical Moser…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-27 G. Citti , M. Mandredini , Y. Sire

We study a higher order analogue to the Alt-Caffarelli functional that arises in several shape optimization problems, among which the minimization of the critical buckling load of a clamped plate of fixed area. We obtain several regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Jimmy Lamboley , Mickaël Nahon

In this paper we give a comprehensive treatment of a two-penalty boundary obstacle problem for a divergence form elliptic operator, motivated by applications to fluid dynamics and thermics. Specifically, we prove existence, uniqueness and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-13 Donatella Danielli , Brian Krummel

Despite significant recent advances in the regularity theory for obstacle problems with integro-differential operators, some fundamental questions remained open. On the one hand, there was a lack of understanding of parabolic problems with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-29 Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

This paper investigates the inverse problem of determining a general Signorini obstacle using boundary measurements. We demonstrate that both the shape of the obstacle and the obstacle function can be uniquely determined from solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Ziyao Zhao

We consider a class of degenerate equations satisfying a parabolic H\"ormander condition, with coefficients that are measurable in time and H\"older continuous in the space variables. By utilizing a generalized notion of strong solution, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-04 Giacomo Lucertini , Stefano Pagliarani , Andrea Pascucci

In this article we continue our investigation of the thin obstacle problem with variable coefficients which was initiated in \cite{KRS14}, \cite{KRSI}. Using a partial Hodograph-Legendre transform and the implicit function theorem, we prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-09 Herbert Koch , Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

We construct two new one-parameter families of monotonicity formulas to study the free boundary points in the lower dimensional obstacle problem. The first one is a family of Weiss type formulas geared for points of any given homogeneity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Nicola Garofalo , Arshak Petrosyan

In this paper we shall establish some regularity results of solutions of a class of fully nonlinear equations, with a first order term which is sub-linear. We prove local H\"older regularity of the gradient both in the interior and up to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-05-01 I. Birindelli , F. Demengel

The Signorini problem for the Laplace operator is considered in a general polygonal domain. It is proved that the coincidence set consists of a finite number of boundary parts plus isolated points. The regularity of the solution is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-11 Thomas Apel , Serge Nicaise

We give a unified proof of H\"{o}lder regularity of weak solutions for mixed local and nonlocal $p$-Laplace type parabolic equations with the full range of exponents $1<p<\infty$. Our proof is based on the expansion of positivity together…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-01 Bin Shang , Chao Zhang

We present some new regularity criteria for ``suitable weak solutions'' of the Navier-Stokes equations near the boundary in dimension three. We prove that suitable weak solutions are H\"older continuous up to the boundary provided that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Stephen Gustafson , Kyungkeun Kang , Tai-Peng Tsai

Using techniques of variational analysis, necessary and sufficient subdifferential conditions for H\"older error bounds are investigated and some new estimates for the corresponding modulus are obtained. As an application, we consider the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-17 Alexander Kruger , Marco López , Xiaoqi Yang , Jiangxing Zhu

We study thin obstacle problems involving the energy functional with $p(x)$-growth. We prove higher integrability and H\"{o}lder regularity for the gradient of minimizers of the thin obstacle problems under the assumption that the variable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Sun-sig Byun , Ki-ahm Lee , Jehan Oh , Jinwan Park