Regularity of free boundary for the Monge-Amp\`ere obstacle problem

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the regularity of the free boundary in the Monge-Amp\`ere obstacle problem $\det D^2 v= f(y)\chi_{\{v>0\}}. $ By duality, the regularity of the free boundary is equivalent to that of the asymptotic cone of the solution to the singular Monge-Amp\`ere equation $\det D^2 u = 1/f (Du)+\delta_0$ at the origin. We first establish an asymptotic estimate for the solution $u$ near the singular point, then use a partial Legendre transform to change the Monge-Amp\`ere equation to a singular, fully nonlinear elliptic equation, and establish the regularity of solutions to the singular elliptic equation.