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In this paper, we prove several regularity results for the heterogeneous, two-phase free boundary problems $\mathcal {J}_{\gamma}(u)=\int_{\Omega}\big(f(x,\nabla u)+\lambda_{+}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Jun Zheng

Using the Caffarelli--Silvestre extension, we show for a general open set $\Om\subset\R^n$ that a boundary point $x_0$ is regular for the fractional Laplace equation $(-\Delta)^su=0$, $0<s<1$, if and only if $(x_0,0)$ is regular for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Jana Björn

This article deals with the variable coefficient thin obstacle problem in $n+1$ dimensions. We address the regular free boundary regularity, the behavior of the solution close to the free boundary and the optimal regularity of the solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-23 Herbert Koch , Angkana Rüland , Wenhui Shi

This paper investigates the relation between the boundary geometric properties and the boundary regularity of the solutions of elliptic equations. We prove by a new unified method the pointwise boundary H\"{o}lder regularity under proper…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Yuanyuan Lian , Kai Zhang , Dongsheng Li , Guanghao Hong

In the classical obstacle problem, the free boundary can be decomposed into "regular" and "singular" points. As shown by Caffarelli in his seminal papers \cite{C77,C98}, regular points consist of smooth hypersurfaces, while singular points…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-28 Alessio Figalli , Joaquim Serra

This paper studies the regularity of the free boundary for viscosity solutions to a parabolic Bernoulli-type free boundary problem with variable coefficients. The main result is that Lipschitz free boundaries are $C^1$ with a normal vector…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-04 Thomas Backing

Free boundary problems are those described by PDEs that exhibit a priori unknown (free) interfaces or boundaries. These problems appear in Physics, Probability, Biology, Finance, or Industry, and the study of solutions and free boundaries…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Xavier Ros-Oton

In this work we consider an inhomogeneous two-phase obstacle-type problem driven by the fractional Laplacian. In particular, making use of the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension, Almgren and Monneau type monotonicity formulas and blow-up…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Donatella Danielli , Roberto Ognibene

We study boundary regularity for solutions to a class of equations involving the so called regional fractional Lapacians $(-\Delta)^s_\Omega $, with $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$. Recall that the regional fractional Laplacians are generated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Mouhamed Moustapha Fall

We study the regularity of the solutions of second order boundary value problems on manifolds with boundary and bounded geometry. We first show that the regularity property of a given boundary value problem $(P, C)$ is equivalent to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-12 Nadine Große , Victor Nistor

We study the regularity and well-posedness of physical solutions to the supercooled Stefan problem. Assuming only that the initial temperature is integrable, we prove that the free boundary, known to have jump discontinuities as a function…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Sebastian Munoz

This paper revives a four-decade-old problem concerning regularity theory for (continuous) constraint maps with free boundaries. Dividing the map into two parts, the distance part and the projected image to the constraint, one can prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Alessio Figalli , Sunghan Kim , Henrik Shahgholian

In this paper, we present a problem involving fully nonlinear elliptic operators with Hamiltonian, which can present a singularity or degenerate as the gradient approaches the origin. The model studied here, allows the appearance of plateau…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Rafael R. Costa , Ginaldo S. Sá

The goal of this paper is to establish generic regularity of free boundaries for the obstacle problem in $\mathbb R^n$. By classical results of Caffarelli, the free boundary is $C^\infty$ outside a set of singular points. Explicit examples…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-25 Alessio Figalli , Xavier Ros-Oton , Joaquim Serra

We consider a function U satisfying a degenerate elliptic equation on (0,+\infty)\times R^N with mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions. The Neumann condition is prescribed on a bounded domain \Omega\subset R^N of class C^{1;1},…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Alassane Niang

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 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 interior Bernoulli free boundary problem for the infinity Laplacian. Our results cover existence, uniqueness, and characterization of solutions (above a threshold representing the "infinity Bernoulli constant"), their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-05-09 Graziano Crasta , Ilaria Fragalà

The free boundary for the Signorini problem in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ is smooth outside of a degenerate set, which can have the same dimension ($n-1$) as the free boundary itself. In [FR21] it was shown that generically, the set where the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Xavier Fernández-Real , Clara Torres-Latorre

We study the higher regularity of free boundaries in obstacle problems for integro-differential operators with drift, like $(-\Delta)^s +b\cdot\nabla$, in the subcritical regime $s>\frac{1}{2}$. Our main result states that once the free…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-19 Teo Kukuljan