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Using advanced classification techniques, we carry out the extended symmetry analysis of the class of generalized Burgers equations of the form $u_t+uu_x+f(t,x)u_{xx}=0$. This enhances all the previous results on symmetries of these…
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In this paper, we study the parabolic equations of the form $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} Lu(y,t) &=& f, \qquad &(y,t)\in Q,\\ u(y,t)&=& 0, \qquad &(y,t)\in \partial Q, \\ u(y,t)&& \hspace{-8mm}\mbox{is uniformly bounded from below},…
In this paper, the theory of Gelfand problems is adapted to the 1--Laplacian setting. Concretely, we deal with the following problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{cc} -\Delta_1u=\lambda f(u) &\hbox{in }\Omega\,;\\[2mm] u=0…
We consider the following autonomous Kirchhoff-type equation \begin{equation*} -\left(a+b\int_{\mathbb{R}^N}|\nabla{u}|^2\right)\Delta u= f(u),~~~~u\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{equation*} where $a\geq0,b>0$ are constants and $N\geq1$. Under…
We study the regularity of the extremal solution of the semilinear biharmonic equation $\bi u=\f{\lambda}{(1-u)^2}$, which models a simple Micro-Electromechanical System (MEMS) device on a ball $B\subset\IR^N$, under Dirichlet boundary…
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