The nodal set of solutions to some nonlocal sublinear problems

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DOI10.1007/S00526-022-02197-5zbMATH Open1486.35228arXiv2004.04652OpenAlexW3016080696WikidataQ114017964 ScholiaQ114017964MaRDI QIDQ2117986FDOQ2117986

Giorgio Tortone

Publication date: 22 March 2022

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the nodal set of solutions to equations of the form (-Delta)^s u = lambda_+ (u_+)^{q-1} - lambda_- (u_-)^{q-1}quad ext{in B1}, where lambda+,lambda>0,qin[1,2), and u+ and u are respectively the positive and negative part of u. This collection of nonlinearities includes the unstable two-phase membrane problem q=1 as well as sublinear equations for 1<q<2. We initially prove the validity of the strong unique continuation property and the finiteness of the vanishing order, in order to implement a blow-up analysis of the nodal set. As in the local case s=1, we prove that the admissible vanishing orders can not exceed the critical value kq=2s/(2q). Moreover, we study the regularity of the nodal set and we prove a stratification result. Ultimately, for those parameters such that kq<1, we prove a remarkable difference with the local case: solutions can only vanish with order kq and the problem admits one dimensional solutions. Our approach is based on the validity of either a family of Almgren-type or a 2-parameter family of Weiss-type monotonicity formulas, according to the vanishing order of the solution.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04652





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