Global regularity for the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian

DOI10.1353/AJM.2018.0010zbMATH Open1409.35044arXiv1506.04684OpenAlexW2962831350WikidataQ112631908 ScholiaQ112631908MaRDI QIDQ4582813FDOQ4582813

Authors: B. Barrios, Alessio Figalli, Xavier Ros-Oton 

Publication date: 24 August 2018

Published in: American Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle problem for the fractional Laplacian under the assumption that the obstacle $varphi$ satisfies $Deltavarphileq0$ near the contact region. Our main result establishes that the free boundary consists of a set of regular points, which is known to be a $(n-1)$-dimensional $C^{1,alpha}$ manifold by the results in cite{CSS}, and a set of singular points, which we prove to be contained in a union of $k$-dimensional $C^1$-submanifold, $k=0,ldots,n-1$. Such a complete result on the structure of the free boundary was known only in the case of the classical Laplacian cite{C-obst1,C-obst2}, and it is new even for the Signorini problem (which corresponds to the particular case of the $frac12$-fractional Laplacian). A key ingredient behind our results is the validity of a new non-degeneracy condition $su{p}_{B_r(x_0)}(u-varphi)geqc,r^2$, valid at all free boundary points $x_0$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.04684

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zbMATH Keywords

singular free boundary point

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs (35B65) Regularity of solutions in optimal control (49N60) Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Fractional partial differential equations (35R11) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35)

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