Free boundary regularity in obstacle problems
Figalli, Alessio1
1 ETH Zürich, Mathematics Department Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Switzerland
Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2018), Talk no. 2, 24 p.

These notes record and expand the lectures for the “Journées Équations aux Dérivées Partielles 2018” held by the author during the week of June 11-15, 2018. The aim is to give a overview of the classical theory for the obstacle problem, and then present some recent developments on the regularity of the free boundary.

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DOI: 10.5802/jedp.662
Figalli, Alessio 1

1 ETH Zürich, Mathematics Department Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Switzerland 
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Figalli, Alessio. Free boundary regularity in obstacle problems. Journées équations aux dérivées partielles (2018), Talk no. 2, 24 p. doi : 10.5802/jedp.662. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.5802/jedp.662/

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