Regularity of the solution of the scalar Signorini problem in polygonal domains (Q2175153)

The authors prove a regularity result in the Sobolev space for solutions to the Laplace equation with mixed Dirichlet, Neumann and Signorini boundary conditions in a polygonal domain in \(\mathbb R^2\). In particular, they give the asymptotic behavior of the solution at transition points of Signorini to Dirichlet or Neumann conditions, as well as at kinks of the Signorini boundary. The key step is to show that the coincidence set consists of a finite number of connected boundary intervals plus a finite number of isolated points. This is shown by making use of a suitable conformal mapping and that non-zero holomorphic functions on a bounded connected domain has a finite number of zeros.