Classical Solutions of Multidimensional Hele--Shaw Models

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We are concerned with a class of moving boundary problems for bounded domains in \(\mathbb{R}^n\), which comprise in particular the so-called single phase Hele-Shaw problem. Let \(\Omega\) be a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and assume that its boundary \(\partial\Omega\) is of class \(C^\infty\) and \(\partial\Omega\) consists of two disjoint nonempty components \(J\) and \(\Gamma\). Let \(\nu\) denote the outer unit normal field over \(\Gamma\) and fix \(\alpha\in(0,1)\). Given \(a>0\), set \({\mathcal U}:= \{\rho\in C^{2+\alpha}(\Gamma); |\rho|_{C^1(\Gamma)} <a\}\). For each \(\rho\in{\mathcal U}\) define the map \(\theta_\rho:= \text{id}_\Gamma+ \rho\nu\), and let \(\Gamma_\rho:= \text{im}(\theta_\rho)\) denote its image. We introduce the following generalized parabolic cylinder: \(\Omega_{\rho, T}:= \{(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}^n\times [0, T]; x\in\Omega_{\rho(t)}\}\), and, correspondingly, \(\Gamma_{\rho, T}:= \{(x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^n\times [0,T]; x\in\Gamma_{\rho(t)}\}\). Now let \(\rho_0\in{\mathcal U}\) be given. Moreover, pick \(b\in C(J)\) and \(\delta\in\{0, 1\}\). Then we consider the moving boundary problem of determining a pair \((u,\rho)\) satisfying the following set of equations: \[ \Delta u= 0\quad\text{in }\Omega_{\rho, T},\quad u=0\quad\text{on }\Gamma_{\rho, T}, \] \[ (1- \delta)u+ \delta(\nabla u|\nu_J)= b\quad\text{on }J\times [0,T], \] \[ \partial_t N_\rho- (\nabla u|\nabla N_\rho)= 0\quad\text{on }\Gamma_{\rho, T},\quad \rho(0,\cdot)= \rho_0\quad\text{on }\Gamma. \] We prove existence and uniqueness of a classical solution of this problem.




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