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We carry out the spatially periodic homogenization of nonlinear bending theory for plates. The derivation is rigorous in the sense of Gamma-convergence. In contrast to what one naturally would expect, our result shows that the limiting…

We consider a Dirichlet to Neumann operator $\mathcal{L}_a$ arising in a model for water waves, with a nonlocal parameter $a\in(-1,1)$. We deduce the expression of the operator in terms of the Fourier transform, highlighting a local…

We study some qualitative properties (including removable singularities and superharmonicity) of non-negative solutions to $$ (-\Delta)^\gamma u=fu^p\quad\text{in }\mathbb R^n\setminus\Sigma $$ which are singular at $\Sigma$. Here $\gamma…

Let $u$ be a convex solution to $\det(D^2u)=f$ in $\mathbb R^n$ where $f\in C^{1,\alpha}(\mathbb R^n)$ is asymptotically close to a periodic function $f_p$. We prove that the difference between $u$ and a parabola is asymptotically close to…

Infinite series of the type Sum{n=1,infinity}(alpha/2)_n_2F_1(-n, b; gamma; y)/(n n!) are investigated. Closed-form sums are obtained for alpha a positive integer alpha=1,2,3, ... The limiting case of b --> infinity, after y is replaced…

This paper aims to extend to Orlicz-Sobolev spaces some results of integral representation for the simultaneous homogenization and dimensional reduction of integral energies defined on fields taking values on a differentiable manifold.…

We consider the asymptotic expansion of the functional series \[S_{\mu,\gamma}(a;\lambda)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{n^\gamma e^{-\lambda n^2/a^2}}{(n^2+a^2)^\mu}\] for real values of the parameters $\gamma$, $\lambda>0$ and $\mu\geq0$ as…

Suppose that $\Gamma$ is a continuous and self-adjoint Hankel operator on $L^2(0, \infty)$ and that $Lf=-(d/dx(a(x)df/dx))+b(x)f(x)$ with $a(0)=0$. If $a$ and $b$ are both quadratic, hyperbolic or trigonometric functions, and $\phi$…

We consider the problem of finding $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$ and a function $u:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the PDE $$ \max\left\{\lambda + F(D^2u) -f(x),H(Du)\right\}=0, \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^n. $$ Here $F$ is elliptic,…

In this paper we study the following singular perturbation problem for the $p_\varepsilon(x)$-Laplacian: \[ \Delta_{p_\varepsilon(x)}u^\varepsilon:=\mbox{div}(|\nabla u^\varepsilon(x)|^{p_\varepsilon(x)-2}\nabla…

The present paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of equi-coercive sequences $\{\mathcal{F}_n\}$ of nonlinear functionals defined over vector-valued functions in $W_)^{1,p}(\Omega)^M$ , where $p>1$, $M\ge1$, and $\Omega$ is a bounded…

The aim of this paper is to study the singular solutions to fractional elliptic equations with absorption $$ \left\{\arraycolsep=1pt \begin{array}{lll} (-\Delta)^\alpha u+|u|^{p-1}u=0,\quad & \rm{in}\quad\Omega\setminus\{0\},\\[2mm]…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded pseudoconvex domain in $\mathbb{C}^N$. Given a continuous plurisubharmonic function $u$ on $\Omega$, we construct a sequence of Gaussian analytic functions $f_n$ on $\Omega$ associated with $u$ such that…

We study stochastic homogenisation of free-discontinuity surface functionals defined on piecewise rigid functions which arise in the study of fracture in brittle materials. In particular, under standard assumptions on the density, we show…

In this paper we analyze the asymptotic behavior of several fractional eigenvalue problems by means of Gamma-convergence methods. This method allows us to treat different eigenvalue problems under a unified framework. We are able to recover…

We analyze the behaviour of double-well energies perturbed by fractional Gagliardo squared seminorms in $H^s$ close to the critical exponent $s=\frac12$. This is done by computing a scaling factor $\lambda(\varepsilon,s)$, continuous in…

Let $p$ be a real number greater than one and let $G$ be a connected graph of bounded degree. In this paper we introduce the $p$-harmonic boundary of $G$. We use this boundary to characterize the graphs $G$ for which the constant functions…

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We study the asymptotic behaviour of a gradient system in a regime in which the driving energy becomes singular. For this system gradient-system convergence concepts are ineffective. We characterize the limiting behaviour in a different…

We discuss approximation of extremal functions by polynomials in the weighted Bergman spaces $A^p_\alpha$ where $-1 < \alpha < 0$ and $-1 < \alpha < p-2$. We obtain bounds on how close the approximation is to the true extremal function in…