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We obtain sharp local $C^{1,\alpha}$ regularity of solutions for singular obstacle problems, Euler-Lagrange equation of which is given by $$ \Delta_p u=\gamma(u-\varphi)^{\gamma-1}\,\text{ in }\,\{u>\varphi\}, $$ for $0<\gamma<1$ and…
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We establish the optimal regularity of viscosity solutions to \begin{equation*} u_t - x_n^\gamma \Delta u = f, \end{equation*} which arises in the regularity theory for the porous medium equation. Specifically, we prove that under the zero…
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We consider periodic homogenization of boundary value problems for second-order semilinear elliptic systems in 2D of the type $$ \partial_{x_i}\left(a_{ij}^{\alpha…
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