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We consider the vectorial analogue of the thin free boundary problem introduced in \cite{CRS} as a realization of a nonlocal version of the classical Bernoulli problem. We study optimal regularity, nondegeneracy, and density properties of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Daniela De Silva , Giorgio Tortone

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 study a free boundary problem arising from the theory of thermal insulation. The outstanding feature of this set optimization problem is that the boundary of the set being optimized is not a level surface of a harmonic function, but…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-01 Luis A. Caffarelli , Dennis Kriventsov

We study the regularity of minimizers of a multiphase vectorial Bernoulli free boundary problem. This problem consists in a minimization problem for the Bernoulli functional over families of Sobolev functions with disjoint supports and non…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Giovanni Siclari , Bozhidar Velichkov

The main result of this paper concerns the behavior of a free boundary arising from a minimization problem, close to the fixed boundary in two dimensions.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Mahmoudreza Bazarganzadeh , Erik Lindgren

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

We study geometric and regularity properties of the largest subsolution of a one-phase free boundary problem under a very general free boundary condition in R2. Moreover, we provide density bounds for the positivity set and its complement…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Betul Orcan

We establish an epsilon-regularity theorem at points in the free boundary of almost-minimizers of the energy $\mathrm{Per}_{w}(E)=\int_{\partial^*E}w\,\mathrm{d} {\mathscr{H}}^{n-1}$, where $w$ is a weight asymptotic to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Carlo Gasparetto , Filippo Paiano , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider a minimization problem that combines the Dirichlet energy with the nonlocal perimeter of a level set, namely $$ \int_\Om |\nabla u(x)|^2\,dx+\Per\Big(\{u > 0\},\Om \Big),$$ with $\sigma\in(0,1)$. We obtain regularity results for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Luis Caffarelli , Ovidiu Savin , Enrico Valdinoci

Given~$s,\sigma\in(0,1)$ and a bounded domain~$\Omega\subset\R^n$, we consider the following minimization problem of $s$-Dirichlet plus $\sigma$-perimeter type $$ [u]_{ H^s(\R^{2n}\setminus(\Omega^c)^2) } +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-02 Serena Dipierro , Ovidiu Savin , Enrico Valdinoci

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p dx$ with a constrain on the volume of $\{u>0\}$. We consider a penalization problem, and we prove that for small values of the penalization parameter, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Julian Fernandez Bonder , Sandra Martinez , Noemi Wolanski

We continue our study of the free boundary regularity in the thin one-phase problem and show that $C^{2,\alpha}$ free boundaries are smooth.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-06 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin

We study the regularity of the interface for a new free boundary problem introduced by Caffarelli and Kriventsov. We show that for minimizers of the functional \[ F_1(A,u) = \int_A |\nabla u|^2 d\mathcal{L}^n + \int_{\partial A} u^2 +…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Dennis Kriventsov

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 consider a Hamiltonian system of free boundary type, showing first uniform bounds and existence of solutions and of the free boundary. Then, for any smooth and bounded domain, we prove uniqueness of positive solutions in a suitable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Daniele Bartolucci , Yeyao Hu , Aleks Jevnikar , Juncheng Wei , Wen Yang

The parabolic obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian naturally arises in American option models when the assets prices are driven by pure jump L\'evy processes. In this paper we study the regularity of the free boundary. Our main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Begoña Barrios , Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton

In this paper we study the two-phase Bernoulli type free boundary problem arising from the minimization of the functional $$ J(u):=\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p +\lambda_+^p\,\chi_{\{u>0\}} +\lambda_-^p\,\chi_{\{u\le 0\}}, \quad 1<p<\infty. $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-11 Serena Dipierro , Aram L. Karakhanyan

We discuss the extent to which solutions to one-phase free boundary problems can be characterized according to their topological complexity. Our questions are motivated by fundamental work of Luis Caffarelli on free boundaries and by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-04 David S. Jerison , Nikola Kamburov

This paper investigates an incompressible steady free boundary problem of Euler equations with helical symmetry in $3$ dimensions and with nontrivial vorticity. The velocity field of the fluid arises from the spiral of its velocity within a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-24 Lili Du , Feng Ji

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