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We present a short survey on the obstacle problem including the theory developed by L. A. Caffarelli and the theory developed independently by G. S. Weiss. We also present some other recent results on the regularity of the free boundary.
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Monneau, R. (2001). A Brief Overview on The Obstacle Problem. In: Casacuberta, C., Miró-Roig, R.M., Verdera, J., Xambó-Descamps, S. (eds) European Congress of Mathematics. Progress in Mathematics, vol 202. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8266-8_26
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