Nonlinear Nonhomogeneous Obstacle Problems with Multivalued Convection Term

In this paper, a nonlinear elliptic obstacle problem is studied. The nonlinear nonhomogeneous partial differential operator generalizes the notions of p-Laplacian while on the right hand side we have a multivalued convection term (i.e., a multivalued reaction term may depend also on the gradient of the solution). The main result of the paper provides existence of the solutions as well as bondedness and closedness of the set of weak solutions of the problem, under quite general assumptions on the data. The main tool of the paper is the surjectivity theorem for multivalued functions given by the sum of a maximal monotone multivalued operator and a bounded multivalued pseudomonotone one.

Higher order parabolic boundary Harnack inequality in C1 and Ck, α domains

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>We study the boundary behaviour of solutions to second order parabolic linear equations in moving domains. Our main result is a higher order boundary Harnack inequality in <i>C</i>¹ and <i>C</i>^{<i>k</i>, <i>α</i>} domains, providing that the quotient of two solutions vanishing on the boundary of the domain is as smooth as the boundary.</p><p style='text-indent:20px;'>As a consequence of our result, we provide a new proof of higher order regularity of the free boundary in the parabolic obstacle problem.</p>

Properties of the free boundary near the fixed boundary of the double obstacle problems

In this paper, we study the tangential touch and [Formula: see text] regularity of the free boundary near the fixed boundary of the double obstacle problem for Laplacian and fully nonlinear operator. The main idea to have the properties is regarding the upper obstacle as a solution of the single obstacle problem. Then, in the classification of global solutions of the double problem, it is enough to consider only two cases for the upper obstacle, [Formula: see text] The second one is a new type of upper obstacle, which does not exist in the study of local regularity of the free boundary of the double problem. Thus, in this paper, a new type of difficulties that come from the second type upper obstacle is mainly studied.