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arxiv: 1201.4825 · v1 · pith:ZCCY5MPKnew · submitted 2012-01-23 · 🧮 math.AP

Double Obstacle Problems with obstacles given by non-C² Hamilton-Jacobi equations

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We prove optimal regularity for the double obstacle problem when obstacles are given by solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi equations that are not $C^2$. When the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is not $C^2$ then the standard Bernstein technique fails and we loose the usual semi-concavity estimates. Using a non-homogeneous scaling (different speed in different directions) we develop a new pointwise regularity theory for Hamilton-Jacobi equations at points where the solution touches the obstacle. A consequence of our result is that $C^1$-solutions to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation $$ \pm |\nabla h-a(x)|^2=\pm 1 \textrm{in} B_1, \qquad h=f \textrm{on} \partial B_1, $$ are in fact $C^{1,\alpha/2}$ provided that $a \in C^\alpha$. This result is optimal and to the authors' best knowledge new.

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