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Consider \[ \begin{cases} F(D^2 u,Du,u,x) = u^{-p}v^{-q},~\text{in}~\Omega\\ F(D^2 v,Dv,v,x)=u^{-r}v^{-s},~~\text{in}~~\Omega\\ u,v>0~~\text{in}~~\Omega\\ u=v=0~\quad~\text{on}~~\partial\Omega, \end{cases} \] where $\Omega$ is an open…

In this paper, we study the existence of a solution for a class of Dirichlet problems with a singularity and a convection term. Precisely, we consider the existence of a positive solution to the Dirichlet problem $$-\Delta_p u =…

In this paper, we study the existence, nonexistence and multiplicity of positive solutions to the problem given by \begin{equation*} \label{1} \left\{\begin{split} \mathcal{L}u\: &= \lambda u^{q} + u^{p}, \quad u>0 ~~ \text{in} ~\Omega,…

We consider the Dirichlet problem u_t &= \Delta u + f(x, u, \nabla u)+ h(x, t),& \qquad &(x, t) \in \Omega \times (0, \infty), u &= 0, & \qquad &(x, t) \in \partial\Omega \times (0, \infty), on a bounded domain $\Omega \subset…

This paper is devoted to the proof of the existence of the principal eigenvalue and related eigenfunctions for fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic equations posed in a punctured ball, in presence of a singular potential. More precisely, we…

In this article we prove that solutions of singular fully nonlinear partial differential equations are $C^{1,\beta}$. We also prove the simplicity of the principal eigenvalues for the Dirichlet Problem associated to these operators using…

We shall discuss the inhomogeneous Dirichlet problem for: $f(x,u, Du, D^2u) = \psi(x)$ where $f$ is a "natural" differential operator, with a restricted domain $F$, on a manifold $X$. By "natural" we mean operators that arise intrinsically…

We study the singular semilinear equation $-Pu = \frac{f}{u^\gamma}$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$ with Dirichlet condition $u \equiv 0$ on $\partial \Omega$ , where $P$ is a second-order elliptic differential operator in nondivergence form.…

We characterize the validity of the Maximum Principle in bounded domains for fully nonlinear degenerate elliptic operators in terms of the sign of a suitably defined generalized principal eigenvalue. Here, maximum principle refers to the…

In this paper we consider semilinear equations $-\Delta u=f(u)$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on certain convex domains of the two dimensional model spaces of constant curvature. We prove that a positive, semi-stable solution $u$ has…

We investigate the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in uniformly convex domains for a large class of degenerate elliptic equations with singular zero order term. In particular we establish sharp existence and uniqueness results of positive…

We prove a result of existence of positive solutions of the Dirichlet problem for $-\Delta_p u=\mathrm{w}(x)f(u,\nabla u)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplacian and $\mathrm{w}$ is a weight…

In this article we present a new technique to obtain a lower bound for the principal Dirichlet eigenvalue of a fully nonlinear elliptic operator. We ilustrate the construction of an appropriate radial function required to obtain the bound…

We present a finite difference method to compute the principal eigenvalue and the corresponding eigenfunction for a large class of second order elliptic operators including notably linear operators in nondivergence form and fully nonlinear…

We consider the fully nonlinear problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -F(x,D^2u)=|u|^{p-1}u & \text{in $\Omega$}\\ u=0 & \text{on $\partial\Omega$} \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $F$ is uniformly elliptic, $p>1$ and $\Omega$ is either…

Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…

Let $u$ denote a solution to a rotationally invariant Hessian equation $F(D^2u)=0$ on a bounded simply connected domain $\Omega\subset R^2$, with constant Dirichlet and Neumann data on $\partial \Omega$. In this paper we prove that if $u$…

For $s_1,s_2\in(0,1)$ and $p,q \in (1, \infty)$, we study the following nonlinear Dirichlet eigenvalue problem with parameters $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$ driven by the sum of two nonlocal operators: \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{s_1}_p…

Consider the eigenvalue problem of a linear second order elliptic operator: \begin{equation} \nonumber -D\Delta \varphi -2\alpha\nabla m(x)\cdot \nabla\varphi+V(x)\varphi=\lambda\varphi\ \ \hbox{ in }\Omega, \end{equation} complemented by…

We discuss the existence and regularity of solutions to the following Dirichlet problem: $$\begin{equation} \begin{cases} -\textrm{div}\left(\frac{Du}{(1+|u|)^{\theta}}\right)= -\textrm{div}\left(u^{\gamma}E(x)\right)+f(x) \qquad & \mbox{in…