Some new monotonicity formulas and the singular set in the lower dimensional obstacle problem

DOI10.1007/S00222-009-0188-4zbMATH Open1175.35154arXiv0804.2508OpenAlexW3102637839MaRDI QIDQ2390932FDOQ2390932

Arshak Petrosyan, Nicola Garofalo

Publication date: 10 August 2009

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We construct two new one-parameter families of monotonicity formulas to study the free boundary points in the lower dimensional obstacle problem. The first one is a family of Weiss type formulas geared for points of any given homogeneity and the second one is a family of Monneau type formulas suited for the study of singular points. We show the uniqueness and continuous dependence of the blowups at singular points of given homogeneity. This allows to prove a structural theorem for the singular set. Our approach works both for zero and smooth non-zero lower dimensional obstacles. The study in the latter case is based on a generalization of Almgren's frequency formula, first established by Caffarelli, Salsa, and Silvestre.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2508

zbMATH Keywords

obstacle problemmonotonicity formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical exponents in context of PDEs (35B33) Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

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