Improvement of flatness for nonlocal free boundary problems

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Main Authors: Ros-Oton, Xavier, Weidner, Marvin
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author Ros-Oton, Xavier
Weidner, Marvin
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Weidner, Marvin
contents In this article we study for the first time the regularity of the free boundary in the one-phase free boundary problem driven by a general nonlocal operator. Our main results establish that the free boundary is $C^{1,α}$ near regular points, and that the set of regular free boundary points is open and dense. Moreover, in 2D we classify all blow-up limits and prove that the free boundary is $C^{1,α}$ everywhere. The main technical tool of our proof is an improvement of flatness scheme, which we establish in the general framework of viscosity solutions, and which is of independent interest. All of these results were only known for the fractional Laplacian, and are completely new for general nonlocal operators. In contrast to previous works on the fractional Laplacian, our method of proof is purely nonlocal in nature.
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spellingShingle Improvement of flatness for nonlocal free boundary problems
Ros-Oton, Xavier
Weidner, Marvin
Analysis of PDEs
47G20, 35B65, 31B05, 35R35
In this article we study for the first time the regularity of the free boundary in the one-phase free boundary problem driven by a general nonlocal operator. Our main results establish that the free boundary is $C^{1,α}$ near regular points, and that the set of regular free boundary points is open and dense. Moreover, in 2D we classify all blow-up limits and prove that the free boundary is $C^{1,α}$ everywhere. The main technical tool of our proof is an improvement of flatness scheme, which we establish in the general framework of viscosity solutions, and which is of independent interest. All of these results were only known for the fractional Laplacian, and are completely new for general nonlocal operators. In contrast to previous works on the fractional Laplacian, our method of proof is purely nonlocal in nature.
title Improvement of flatness for nonlocal free boundary problems
topic Analysis of PDEs
47G20, 35B65, 31B05, 35R35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15975