Optimal regularity for the Signorini problem and its free boundary

DOI10.1007/S00222-015-0608-6zbMATH Open1339.35345arXiv1310.2511OpenAlexW1598210624MaRDI QIDQ284620FDOQ284620

Authors: J. Andersson 

Publication date: 18 May 2016

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

Abstract: We will show optimal regularity for minimizers of the Signorini problem for the Lame system. In particular if $u=(u^1,u^2,u^3)in{W}^{1,2}(B_1^{+}:R^3)$ minimizes ${\displaystyle }$ J(u)=int_{B_1^+}|

abla u+

abla^�ot u|^2+lambdadiv(u)^2 ${\displaystyle }$ in the convex set ${\displaystyle }$ K=�ig{u=(u^1,u^2,u^3)in W^{1,2}(B_1^+:R^3);; u^3ge 0 extrm{on}Pi, ${\displaystyle }$ ${\displaystyle }$ u=fin C^infty(partial B_1) extrm{on}(partial B_1)^+ �ig}, ${\displaystyle }$ where $lambdage0$ say. Then $uin{C}^{1,1/2}(B_{1/2}^{+})$. Moreover the free boundary, given by ${\displaystyle }$ Gamma_u=partial {x;;u^3(x)=0,; x_3=0}cap B_{1}, ${\displaystyle }$ will be a $C^{1,alpha}$ graph close to points where $u$ is not degenerate. Similar results have been know before for scalar partial differential equations (see for instance cite{AC} and cite{ACS}). The novelty of this approach is that it does not rely on maximum principle methods and is therefore applicable to systems of equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2511

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zbMATH Keywords

Signorini problemfree boundary regularityLame systemoptimal regularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

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