A parabolic obstacle problem with zero constraint is considered. It is proved, without any additional assumptions on a free boundary, that near the fixed boundary where the homogeneous Dirichlet condition is fulfilled, the boundary of the noncoincidence set is the graph of a Lipschitz function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)375-391
Number of pages17
JournalSt. Petersburg Mathematical Journal
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2004

    Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Applied Mathematics

    Research areas

  • Free boundary problems, Parabolic variational inequality, Regularity

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