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A parabolic free boundary problem with Bernoulli type condition on the free boundary

J. Andersson·G. S. Weiss
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Consider the parabolic free boundary problem $$ Δu - \partial_t u = 0 \textrm{in} \{u>0\}, |\nabla u|=1 \textrm{on} \partial\{u>0\} . $$ For a realistic class of solutions, containing for example {\em all} limits of the singular perturbation problem $$Δu_ε- \partial_t u_ε= β_ε(u_ε) \textrm{as} ε\to 0,$$ we prove that one-sided flatness of the free boundary implies regularity. In particular, we show that the topological free boundary $\partial\{u>0\}$ can be decomposed into an {\em open} regular set (relative to $\partial\{u>0\}$) which is locally a surface with Hölder-continuous space normal, and a closed singular set. Our result extends the main theorem in the paper by H.W. Alt-L.A. Caffarelli (1981) to more general solutions as well as the time-dependent case. Our proof uses methods developed in H.W. Alt-L.A. Caffarelli (1981), however we replace the core of that paper, which relies on non-positive mean curvature at singular points, by an argument based on scaling discrepancies, which promises to be applicable to more general free boundary or free discontinuity problems.

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J. Andersson, G. S. Weiss. 2006-08-30. A parabolic free boundary problem with Bernoulli type condition on the free boundary. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0608746

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