Resumen de Analysis of the free boundary for the p-parabolic variational problem (p > or = 2)

Henrik Shahgholian

• Abstract Variational inequalities (free boundaries), governed by the p-parabolic equation (p > 2), are the objects of investigation in this paper. Using intrinsic scaling we establish the behavior of solutions near the free boundary. A consequence of this is that the time levels of the free boundary are porous (in N-dimension) and therefore its Hausdorff dimension is less than N. In particular the N-Lebesgue measure of the free boundary is zero for each t-level.