Properties of the phase boundary in the parabolic problem with hysteresis

Abstract

We study solutions of parabolic equations with a discontinuous hysteresis operator, described by a free interface boundary. It is established that for spatially transverse initial data from the space $W^{2-2/q}_q$ with $q > 3$, there exists a solution in the space $W^{2,1}_q$, where the interface boundary exhibits Holder continuity with an exponent $1/2$. Furthermore for initial data from the space $W^2_\infty$, it is proven that the interface boundary satisfies the Lipschitz condition. It is shown that for non-transversal initial data, solutions with an interface boundary do not exist.