Optimal regularity for the obstacle problem for the p-Laplacian

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2015.03.019MaRDI QIDQ2347813zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Andersson, Erik Lindgren, Henrik Shahgholian

Publication date 9 June 2015

Published in Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.4953

zbMATH Keywords

\(p\)-Laplace operatorobstacle problemoptimal growthparabolic problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unilateral problems for nonlinear elliptic equations and variational inequalities with nonlinear elliptic operators (35J87) Unilateral problems for nonlinear parabolic equations and variational inequalities with nonlinear parabolic operators (35K86)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the obstacle problem for the $p$-Laplace operator. We prove optimal growth results for the solution. Of particular interest is the point-wise regularity of the solution at free boundary points. The most surprising result we prove is the one for the $p$-obstacle problem: Find the smallest $u$ such that ${\displaystyle }$ hbox{div} (|

abla u|^{p-2}

abla u) leq 0, qquad ugeq phi, qquad hbox{in } B_1, ${\displaystyle }$ with $phiin{C}^{1,1}(B_1)$ and given boundary datum on $partial{B}_1$. We prove that the solution is uniformly $C^{1,1}$ at free boundary points. Similar results are obtained in the case of an inhomogeneity belonging to $L^{i}nfty$. When applied to the corresponding parabolic problem, these results imply that any solution which is Lipschitz in time is $C^{1,frac1p-1}$ in the spatial variables.

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