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Subsolutions of Elliptic Operators in Divergence Form and Application to Two-Phase Free Boundary Problems

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Let be a divergence form operator with Lipschitz continuous coefficients in a domain, and let be a continuous weak solution of in. In this paper, we show that if satisfies a suitable differential inequality, then is a subsolution of away from its zero set. We apply this result to prove regularity of Lipschitz free boundaries in two-phase problems.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna, Piazza di Porta S.~Donato 5, Bologna, 40126, Italy

    • Fausto Ferrari

  2. C.I.R.A.M., Via Saragozza 8, Bologna, 40123, Italy

    • Fausto Ferrari

  3. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 7, Milano, 20133, Italy

    • Sandro Salsa

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Ferrari, F., Salsa, S. Subsolutions of Elliptic Operators in Divergence Form and Application to Two-Phase Free Boundary Problems. Bound Value Probl 2007, 057049 (2006) doi:10.1155/2007/57049

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Keywords

  • Differential Equation
  • Partial Differential Equation
  • Ordinary Differential Equation
  • Weak Solution
  • Functional Equation