The Two-Phase Membrane Problem--Regularity of the Free Boundaries in Higher Dimensions

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNM026MaRDI QIDQ5428081zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Henrik Shahgholian, Nina Uraltseva, Georg S. Weiss

Publication date 28 November 2007

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.3411

zbMATH Keywords

obstacle problemregularity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Smoothness and regularity of solutions to PDEs (35B65) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Free boundary problems for PDEs (35R35) Regularity of solutions in optimal control (49N60)

Abstract: For the parabolic obstacle-problem-like equation ${\displaystyle }$Delta u - partial_t u = lambda_+ chi_{{u>0}} - lambda_- chi_{{u<0}} ,${\displaystyle }$ where $lambd{a}_{+}$ and $lambd{a}_{-}$ are positive Lipschitz functions, we prove in arbitrary finite dimension that the free boundary $partialu>0cuppartialu<0$ is in a neighborhood of each ``branch point the union of two Lipschitz graphs that are continuously differentiable with respect to the space variables. The result extends the elliptic paper cite{imrn} to the parabolic case. The result is optimal in the sense that the graphs are in general not better than Lipschitz, as shown by a counter-example.

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