Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

G. De Philippis - J. Hirsch - M. Nahon

Optimal regularity for vectorial, higher order and non-minimizing Bernoulli problems

created by dephilipp on 30 Sep 2026

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Inserted: 30 sep 2026
Last Updated: 30 sep 2026

Year: 2026

ArXiv: 2609.12180 PDF
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Abstract:

We prove the Lipschitz regularity of solutions for a wide class of generalized Bernoulli free boundary problems, in vectorial, higher order, and non-minimizing settings. Our method does not rely on notions of viscosity solutions or comparison methods, which allows us to reach the optimal regularity for Bernoulli-type problems associated to elliptic operators which do not satisfy any maximum principle, namely the elasticity, biharmonic and Stokes equation. With a similar method we obtain the optimal Lipschitz regularity for stationary, non-minimizing solutions of the standard Bernoulli problem in two dimensions.

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