This paper concerns fully nonlinear elliptic obstacle problems with oblique boundary conditions. We investigate the existence, uniqueness and $W^{2,p}$-regularity results by finding approximate non-obstacle problems with the same oblique boundary condition and then making a suitable limiting process.
In this paper we introduce an integer-valued degree for second order fully nonlinear elliptic operators with nonlinear oblique boundary conditions. We also give some applications to the existence of solutions of certain nonlinear elliptic equations arising from a Yamabe problem with boundary and reflector problems.
In this paper, we obtain a series of regularity results for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations with oblique derivative boundary conditions. In particular, we derive the pointwise $C^α$, $C^{1,α}$ and $C^{2,α}$ regularity. As byproducts, we also prove the A-B-P maximum principle, Harnack inequality, uniqueness and solvability of the equations.
Inspired by the penalization of the domain approach of Lions & Sznitman, we give a sense to Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary value problems for nonlocal, possibly degenerate elliptic equations. Two different cases are considered: (i) homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in convex, possibly non-smooth and unbounded domains, and (ii) general oblique derivatives boundary conditions in smooth, bounded, and possibly non-convex domains. In each case we give apropriate definitions of viscosity solutions and prove uniqueness of solutions of the corresponding boundary value problems. We prov…
We study the oblique derivative problem for uniformly elliptic equations on cone domains. Under the assumption of axi-symmetry of the solution, we find sufficient conditions on the angle of the oblique vector for Hölder regularity of the gradient to hold up to the vertex of the cone. The proof of regularity is based on the application of carefully constructed barrier methods or via perturbative arguments. In the case that such regularity does not hold, we give explicit counterexamples. We also give a counterexample to regularity in the absence of axi-symmetry. Unlike in the equivalent two dime…
We show that weak solutions to conormal derivative problem for elliptic equations in divergence form are continuously differentiable up to the boundary provided that the mean oscillations of the leading coefficients satisfy the Dini condition, the lower order coefficients satisfy certain suitable conditions, and the boundary is locally represented by a $C^1$ function whose derivatives are Dini continuous. We also prove that strong solutions to oblique derivative problem for elliptic equations in nondivergence form are twice continuously differentiable up to the boundary if the mean oscillation…
The aim of this paper is to establish $W^2_p$ estimate for non-divergence form second-order elliptic equations with the oblique derivative boundary condition in domains with small Lipschitz constants. Our result generalizes those in [14, 15], which work for $C^{1,α}$ domains with $α> 1-1/p$. As an application, we also obtain a solvability result. An extension to fully nonlinear elliptic equations with the oblique derivative boundary condition is also discussed.
We consider second-order elliptic equations in non-divergence form with oblique derivative boundary conditions. We show that any strong solutions to such problems are twice continuously differentiable up to the boundary provided that the mean oscillations of coefficients satisfy the Dini condition and the boundary is locally represented by a $C^1$ function whose first derivatives are Dini continuous. This improves a recent result in [6]. An extension to fully nonlinear elliptic equations is also presented.
In this paper we give a comprehensive treatment of a two-penalty boundary obstacle problem for a divergence form elliptic operator, motivated by applications to fluid dynamics and thermics. Specifically, we prove existence, uniqueness and optimal regularity of solutions, and establish structural properties of the free boundary. The proofs are based on tailor-made monotonicity formulas of Almgren, Weiss, and Monneau-type, combined with the classical theory of oblique derivative problems.
We prove the natural weighted Calderón and Zygmund estimates for solutions to elliptic and parabolic obstacle problems in nondivergence form with discontinuous coefficients and irregular obstacles. We also obtain Morrey regularity results for the Hessian of the solutions and Hölder continuity of the gradient of the solutions.
We prove gradient estimates for solutions of the oblique derivative problem for a large class of elliptic and parabolic quasilinear PDEs. In particular, we expand on previous work of the author using a maximum principle argument. In addition, we prove estimates for the parabolic problem of evolution via mean curvature with nonzero Neumann data, which seem to be new.
In this paper we establish the optimal interior regularity and the $C^{1,γ}$ smoothness of the regular part of the free boundary in the thin obstacle problem for a class of degenerate elliptic equations with variable coefficients.
We study quasilinear elliptic double obstacle problems with a variable exponent growth when the right-hand side is a measure. A global Calderón-Zygmund estimate for the gradient of an approximable solution is obtained in terms of the associated double obstacles and a given measure, identifying minimal requirements for the regularity estimate.
Existence of stationary solutions to a nonlocal fourth-order elliptic obstacle problem arising from the modelling of microelectromechanical systems with heterogeneous dielectric properties is shown. The underlying variational structure of the model is exploited to construct these solutions as minimizers of a suitably regularized energy, which allows us to weaken considerably the assumptions on the model used in a previous article.
We consider a nonlinear Neumann problem, with periodic oscillation in the elliptic operator and on the boundary condition. Our focus is on problems posed in half-spaces, but with general normal directions that may not be parallel to the directions of periodicity. As the frequency of the oscillation grows, quantitative homogenization results are derived. When the homogenized operator is rotation-invariant, we prove the Hölder continuity of the homogenized boundary data.
The aim of this paper is twofold: to prove, for L^1-data, the existence and uniqueness of an entropy solution to the obstacle problem for nonlinear elliptic equations with variable growth, and to show some convergence and stability properties of the corresponding coincidence set. The latter follow from extending the Lewy--Stampacchia inequalities to the general framework of L^1.
We deal with a global Calderón-Zygmund type estimate for elliptic obstacle problems of $p$-Laplacian type with measure data. For this paper, we focus on the singular case of growth exponent, i.e. $1<p \le 2-\frac{1}{n}$. In addition, the emphasis of this paper is in obtaining the Lorentz bounds for the gradient of solutions with the use of fractional maximal operators.
In this paper,we consider the solutions of the non-homogeneous elliptic obstacle problems with Orlicz growth involving measure data. We first establish the pointwise estimates of the approximable solutions to these problems via fractional maximal operators. As a result, we obtain pointwise and oscillation estimates for the gradients of solutions by the non-linear Wolff potentials, and these yield results on $C^{1,α}$-regularity of solutions.
In this paper, we study global regularity for oblique boundary value problems of augmented Hessian equations for a class of general operators. By assuming a natural convexity condition of the domain together with appropriate convexity conditions on the matrix function in the augmented Hessian, we develop a global theory for classical elliptic solutions by establishing global a priori derivative estimates up to second order. Besides the known applications for Monge-Amp`ere type operators in optimal transportation and geometric optics, the general theory here embraces prescribed mean curvature p…
In 1963, Littman, Stampacchia, and Weinberger proved a mean value theorem for elliptic operators in divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients. In the Fermi lectures in 1998, Caffarelli stated a much simpler mean value theorem for the same situation, but did not include the details of the proof. We show all of the nontrivial details needed to prove the formula stated by Caffarelli, and in the course of showing these details we establish some of the basic facts about the obstacle problem for general elliptic divergence form operators, in particular, we show a basic quadratic nondegene…
Our goal in this article is to study the global Lorentz estimates for gradient of weak solutions to $p$-Laplace double obstacle problems involving the Schrödinger term: $-Δ_p u + \mathbb{V}|u|^{p-2}u$ with bound constraints $ψ_1 \le u \le ψ_2$ in non-smooth domains. This problem has its own interest in mathematics, engineering, physics and other branches of science. Our approach makes a novel connection between the study of Calderón-Zygmund theory for nonlinear Schrödinger type equations and variational inequalities for double obstacle problems.
We study the obstacle problem with an elliptic operator in nondivergence form with principal coefficients in VMO. We develop all of the basic theory of existence, uniqueness, optimal regularity, and nondegeneracy of the solutions. These results, in turn, allow us to begin the study of the regularity of the free boundary, and we show existence of blowup limits, a basic measure stability result, and a measure-theoretic version of the Caffarelli alternative proven in Caffarelli's 1977 paper "The regularity of free boundaries in higher dimensions."
We study the regularity of the solution of the double obstacle problem form for fully non linear parabolic and elliptic operators. We show that when the obstacles are sufficiently regular the solution is $C^{1,α}$ in the interior for both the parabolic and the elliptic cases.
We construct an efficient approach to deal with the global regularity estimates for a class of elliptic double-obstacle problems in Lorentz and Orlicz spaces. The motivation of this paper comes from the study on an abstract result in the viewpoint of the fractional maximal distributions and this work also extends some regularity results proved in \cite{PN_dist} by using the weighted fractional maximal distributions (WFMDs). We further investigate a pointwise estimates of the gradient of weak solutions via fractional maximal operators and Riesz potential of data. Moreover, in the setting of the…
We develop reconstruction schemes to determine penetrable obstacles in a region of \mathbb{R}^{2} or \mathbb{R}^{3} and we consider anisotropic elliptic equations. This algorithm uses oscillating-decaying solutions to the equation. We apply the oscillating-decaying solutions and the Runge approximation property to the inverse problem of identifying an inclusion in an anisotropic elliptic differential equation.
We consider second-order elliptic equations with oblique derivative boundary conditions, defined on a family of bounded domains in $\mathbb{C}$ that depend smoothly on a real parameter $λ\in [0,1]$. We derive sharp regularity properties of the solutions in all variables, including the parameter $λ$. More specifically we show that the solution and its derivatives are continuous in all variables, and the Hölder norms of the space variables are bounded uniformly in $λ$.
In this paper, we develop a series of boundary pointwise regularity for Dirichlet problems and oblique derivative problems. As applications, we give direct and simple proofs of the higher regularity of the free boundaries in obstacle-type problems and one phase problems.
The interior free boundary theory for linear elliptic operators in higher dimensions was developed by Caffarelli in the low regularity context. In these notes, the up-to-the boundary free boundary regularity is discussed for nonlinear elliptic operators based on a different approach.
The paper is devoted to the study of positive solutions of a second-order linear elliptic equation in divergence form in a domain $D\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ that satisfy an oblique boundary condition on a portion of $\partial D$. First, we study the degenerate mixed boundary value problem $$ \begin{cases} Pu=f & \text{in } D, \\ Bu = 0 & \text{on } \partial D_{\mathrm{Rob}}, \\ u=0& \text{on } \partial D_{\mathrm{Dir}}, \end{cases} $$ where $D$ is a bounded Lipschitz domain, $\partial D_{\mathrm{Rob}}$ is a relatively open portion of $\partial D$, $\partial D_{\mathrm{Dir}}$ is a closed set of …
In this paper, we prove the regularity of the free boundary in the Monge-Ampère obstacle problem $\det D^2 v= f(y)χ_{\{v>0\}}. $ By duality, the regularity of the free boundary is equivalent to that of the asymptotic cone of the solution to the singular Monge-Ampère equation $\det D^2 u = 1/f (Du)+δ_0$ at the origin. We first establish an asymptotic estimate for the solution $u$ near the singular point, then use a partial Legendre transform to change the Monge-Ampère equation to a singular, fully nonlinear elliptic equation, and establish the regularity of solutions to the singular elliptic eq…
We prove a stability estimate of logarithmic type for the inverse problem consisting in the determination of the surface impedance of an obstacle from the scattering amplitude. We present a simple and direct proof which is essentially based on an elliptic Carleman inequality.
We prove the optimal $W^{2, \infty }$ regularity for fully nonlinear elliptic equations with convex gradient constraints. We do not assume any regularity about the constraints; so the constraints need not be $C^1$ or strictly convex. We also show that the optimal regularity holds up to the boundary. Our approach is to show that these elliptic equations with gradient constraints are related to some fully nonlinear double obstacle problems. Then we prove the optimal $W^{2, \infty }$ regularity for the double obstacle problems. In this process, we also employ the monotonicity property for the sec…
Oblique boundary value problems for n-1type augmented Hessian equations
Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Fudan University(复旦大学数学与交叉科学研究院);Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS)(上海数学与交叉学科研究院);School of Mathematics and Shing-Tung Yau Center of Southeast University, Southeast University(东南大学数学学院及苏步青应用数学中心)
We prove existence and uniqueness of stochastic representations for solutions to elliptic and parabolic boundary value and obstacle problems associated with a degenerate Markov diffusion process. In particular, our article focuses on the Heston stochastic volatility process, which is widely used as an asset price model in mathematical finance and a paradigm for a degenerate diffusion process where the degeneracy in the diffusion coefficient is proportional to the square root of the distance to the boundary of the half-plane. The generator of this process with killing, called the elliptic Hesto…
We study homogenization of a boundary obstacle problem on $ C^{1,α} $ domain $D$ for some elliptic equations with uniformly elliptic coefficient matrices $γ$. For any $ ε\in\mathbb{R}_+$, $\partial D=Γ\cup Σ$, $Γ\cap Σ=\emptyset $ and $ S_ε\subset Σ$ with suitable assumptions,\ we prove that as $ε$ tends to zero, the energy minimizer $ u^ε $ of $ \int_{D} |γ\nabla u|^{2} dx $, subject to $ u\geq φ$ on $ S_{\varepsilon} $, up to a subsequence, converges weakly in $ H^{1}(D) $ to $ \widetilde{u} $ which minimizes the energy functional $\int_{D}|γ\nabla u|^{2}+\int_Σ (u-φ)^{2}_{-}μ(x) dS_{x}$, wh…
We prove the existence and $C^{1,α}$ regularity of solutions to nonlocal fully nonlinear elliptic double obstacle problems. We also obtain boundary regularity for these problems. The obstacles are assumed to be Lipschitz semi-concave/semi-convex functions, and we do not require them to be $C^1$. Our approach is to adapt a penalization method to be applicable to the setting of nonlocal equations and their viscosity solutions.
We discuss some regularity issues in the study of the obstacle problem. In particular, we present a recent result by O. Savin and the author on the regularity of the singular set for the obstacle problem with a fully nonlinear elliptic operator. This survey is based on a lecture by the author at the 8th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians.