7–11 Sept 2026
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Europe/Berlin timezone

Can we Control the Free Boundary in the Obstacle Problem?

10 Sept 2026, 11:30
30m
Main building/Floor 1-Room 2094 - Lecture Hall (HU (Main Building))

Main building/Floor 1-Room 2094 - Lecture Hall

HU (Main Building)

HU Berlin Main Building Unter den Linden 6 10117 Berlin
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Optimization and Free Boundaries Optimization and Free Boundaries

Speaker

José Francisco Rodrigues (Universidade de Lisboa)

Description

In the classical obstacle problem, the corresponding optimal control of the variational inequality concerns usually its solution, i.e. the minimal supersolution of a Poisson equation lying above the obstacle, which is the control together with the external force. In this work we discuss the control of the free boundary in terms of different frameworks of the characteristic function of the coincidence set, which may be just a closed set, a set of finite perimeter or, in a special star-shaped geometry may have a Lipschitz free boundary.

Author

José Francisco Rodrigues (Universidade de Lisboa)

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