### Mathematics in Engineering

2021, Issue 6:1-29. doi: 10.3934/mine.2021043
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# Domain variation solutions for degenerate two phase free boundary problems

• Received: 24 December 2019 Accepted: 28 May 2020 Published: 28 October 2020
• We discuss the notion of domain variation solution for some degenerate elliptic two-phase free boundary problems as well as the viscosity definition of the problem when the operator is degenerate.

Citation: Aleksandr Dzhugan, Fausto Ferrari. Domain variation solutions for degenerate two phase free boundary problems[J]. Mathematics in Engineering, 2021, 3(6): 1-29. doi: 10.3934/mine.2021043

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• We discuss the notion of domain variation solution for some degenerate elliptic two-phase free boundary problems as well as the viscosity definition of the problem when the operator is degenerate.

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