C^1, estimates for the fully nonlinear Signorini problem

DOI10.1007/S00526-016-1034-3MaRDI QIDQ502247zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xavier Fernández-Real

Publication date 3 January 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04185

zbMATH Keywords

fully nonlinearHölder continuitySignorini problemthin obstacle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs (35B65) Nonlinear elliptic equations (35J60)

Abstract: We study the regularity of solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem. We establish local $C^{1,alpha}$ estimates on each side of the smooth obstacle, for some small $alpha>0$. Our results extend those of Milakis-Silvestre in two ways: first, we do not assume solutions nor operators to be symmetric, and second, our estimates are local, in the sense that do not rely on the boundary data. As a consequence, we prove $C^{1,alpha}$ regularity even when the problem is posed in general Lipschitz domains.

Review text

The author studies the regularity of solutions to the fully nonlinear thin obstacle problem, the so called Signorini problem. In a previous paper, \textit{E. Milakis} and \textit{L. Silvestre} [Adv. Math. 217, No. 3, 1301--1312 (2008; Zbl 1132.35025)] proved \(C^{1, \alpha}\) regularity on each side of the smooth obstacle, for some small \(\alpha>0\), assuming the symmetry of the operators and of the solutions and suitable assumptions on the boundary data. Here, the author removes both these conditions: he does not assume solutions nor operators to be symmetric, and his estimates are local, in the sense that do not rely on the boundary data. As a consequence, the solution is \(C^{1, \alpha}\) even when the problem is posed in general Lipschitz domains.

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