The obstacle problem for singular doubly nonlinear equations of porous medium type (Q2658503)

Summary: In this paper we prove the existence of variational solutions to the obstacle problem associated with doubly nonlinear equations \(\partial_t (|u|^{m-1}u) - \text{div}(D_\xi f(Du)) = 0\) with \(m > 1\) and a convex function \(f\) satisfying a standard \(p\)-growth condition for an exponent \(p \in (1,\infty)\) in a bounded space-time cylinder \(\Omega_T := \Omega \times (0,T)\). The obstacle function \(\psi\) and the boundary values \(g\) are time dependent. The proof relies on a nonlinear version of the method of minimizing movements.