The obstacle problem with singular coefficients near Dirichlet data

• In this paper we study the behaviour of the free boundary close to its contact points with the fixed boundary B boolean AND {x1 = 0} in the obstacle type problem {div(x(1)(a) del u) = X-{u>0} in B+, u=0 on B boolean AND {x(1) = 0} where a < 1, B+ = B boolean AND {x(1) > 0}, B is the unit ball in R-n and n > 2 is an integer. Let Gamma = B+ boolean AND partial derivative{u > 0} be the free boundary and assume that the origin is a contact point, i.e. 0 epsilon (Gamma) over bar. We prove that the free boundary touches the fixed boundary uniformly tangentially at the origin, near to the origin it is the graph of a C-1 function and there is a uniform modulus of continuity for the derivatives of this function.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Matematik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Free boundary

Obstacle problem

Singular coefficient

Regularity of free boundaries

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