Fully Nonlinear Evolution equations: From Critical Integrability to Schauder Estimates

Abstract

We investigate the sharp regularity up to the boundary for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic equations with oblique derivative boundary conditions given by \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{rclcl} F(D^2u,x,t) - u_{t} &=& f(x,t) & \text{in} & Q_{1}^{+}, \\ β(x,t) \cdot Du &=& g(x,t) & \text{on} & Q_{1}^{*}. \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} The regularity theory is developed according to the integrability of the source term, the smoothness of the boundary data, and the oscillation of the coefficients of the operator \(F\), using a compactness method combined with polynomial approximation. In the borderline case \(f\in L^{n+2}\), we obtain Log-Lipschitz continuity of solutions up to the boundary. Under stronger integrability, specifically when \(f\in L^{p}\) for some \(p>n+2\), we establish optimal \(C^{1+α',\,\frac{1+α'}{2}}\) boundary estimates. At a higher regularity level, we prove Schauder-type estimates under appropriate assumptions on the operator \(F\) and the boundary data. As a byproduct, we obtain parabolic \(C^{1,\mathrm{Log\text{-}Lip}}\) regularity in the critical borderline case where the source term belongs to BMO space.

30 pages