Abstract
We consider various versions of the obstacle and thin-obstacle problems, we interpret them as variational inequalities, with non-smooth constraint, and prove that they satisfy a new constrained Łojasiewicz inequality. The difficulty lies in the fact that, since the constraint is non-analytic, the pioneering method of L. Simon ([22]) does not apply and we have to exploit a better understanding on the constraint itself. We then apply this inequality to two associated problems. First we combine it with an abstract result on parabolic variational inequalities, to prove the convergence at infinity of the strong global solutions to the parabolic obstacle and thin-obstacle problems to a unique stationary solution with a rate. Secondly, we give an abstract proof, based on a parabolic approach, of the epiperimetric inequality, which we then apply to the singular points of the obstacle and thin-obstacle problems.
Funding statement: The second author has been partially supported by the NSF grant DMS 1810645. The third author has been partially supported by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) by the projects GeoSpec (LabEx PERSYVAL-Lab, ANR-11-LABX-0025-01) and CoMeDiC (ANR-15-CE40-0006).
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Endoscopic character identities for metaplectic groups
- Teichmüller dynamics and unique ergodicity via currents and Hodge theory
- Capacity, quasi-local mass, and singular fill-ins
- The cohomology of semi-infinite Deligne–Lusztig varieties
- On the asymptotic behavior of the solutions to parabolic variational inequalities
- Erratum to Mukai’s program (reconstructing a K3 surface from a curve) via wall-crossing (J. reine angew. Math. 765 (2020), 101–137)
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Endoscopic character identities for metaplectic groups
- Teichmüller dynamics and unique ergodicity via currents and Hodge theory
- Capacity, quasi-local mass, and singular fill-ins
- The cohomology of semi-infinite Deligne–Lusztig varieties
- On the asymptotic behavior of the solutions to parabolic variational inequalities
- Erratum to Mukai’s program (reconstructing a K3 surface from a curve) via wall-crossing (J. reine angew. Math. 765 (2020), 101–137)