The regularity of the solutions to the Muskat equation: the degenerate regularity near the turnover points

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that if a solution to the Muskat problem with different densities and the same viscosity is sufficiently smooth, the solution is analytic in a region that degenerates at the turnover points, provided some additional conditions are satisfied. This paper studies the analyticity of the solution near turnover points, complementing the result in $[$Jia Shi. Regularity of solutions to the Muskat equation, Arch Rational Mech Anal 247, 36 (2023)$]$.