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We analyze nonnegative solutions of the nonlinear elliptic problem $\Delta u=\frac{\lambda f(x)}{u^2}+P$, where $\lambda>0$ and $P\geq0$, on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ ($N\geq 1$) with a Dirichlet boundary condition. This…

In this work, we show the consistency of an approach for solving robust optimization problems using sequences of sub-problems generated by ergodic measure preserving transformations. The main result of this paper is that the minimizers and…

We study existence and uniqueness of solutions of (E 1) --$\Delta$u + $\mu$ |x| ^{-2} u + g(u) = $\nu$ in $\Omega$, u = $\lambda$ on $\partial$$\Omega$, where $\Omega$ $\subset$ R N + is a bounded smooth domain such that 0 $\in$…

We consider a class of elliptic and parabolic problems, featuring a specific nonlocal operator of fractional-laplacian type, where integration is taken on variable domains. Both elliptic and parabolic problems are proved to be uniquely…

The purpose of this paper is to study nonlinear singular parabolic equations with $p(x)$- Laplacian. Precisely, we consider the following problem and discuss the existence of a non-negative weak solution. \begin{align*} \frac{\partial…

We establish an explicit maximum principle for the Dirichlet problem associated with the $p$-Laplacian ($p>1$), where the constant depends on both $p$ and the geometry of the domain. From this result we derive two main applications. First,…

Let $\textbf{A}$ be a symmetric convex quadratic form on $\mathbb{R}^{Nn}$ and $\Omega\Subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded convex domain. We consider the problem of existence of solutions $u: \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n \longrightarrow…

We study selection by vanishing viscosity for the transport of a passive scalar $f(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}$ advected by a bounded, divergence-free vector field $u(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}^2$. This is described by the initial value problem to the PDE…

We directly apply the theory of viscosity solutions to partial differential equations of order greater than two. We prove that there exists a solution in $C^{2,\alpha}(B_R)\cap C(\overline{B_R})$ for the inhomogeneous $\infty$-Bilaplacian…

In this paper, we consider the following eigenvalue problem {{l} (|u"|^{p-2}u")"=\lambda m(x)|u|^{p-2}u, x\in (0,1), u(0)=u(1)=u"(0)=u"(1)=0, where $1<p<+\infty$, $\lambda$ is a real parameter and $m$ is sign-changing weight. We prove there…

A two dimensional eigenvalue problem (2DEVP) of a Hermitian matrix pair $(A, C)$ is introduced in this paper. The 2DEVP can be viewed as a linear algebraic formulation of the well-known eigenvalue optimization problem of the parameter…

In this paper we prove existence, uniqueness of weak solutions of the following nonlocal nonlinear logistic equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)_p^s u_\lambda=\lambda u_\lambda^q - b(x)u_\lambda^r \quad \text{in} \;\Omega,\\…

We consider an optimal control problem governed by a rate-inde\-pendent system with non-convex energy. The state equation is approximated by means of viscous regularization w.r.t.\ to hierarchy of two different Hilbert spaces. The…

We study the existence of solution to the problem $$(-\Delta)^\frac n2u=Qe^{nu}\quad\text{in }\mathbb{R}^{n},\quad \kappa:=\int_{\mathbb{R}^{n}}Qe^{nu}dx<\infty,$$ where $Q\geq 0$, $\kappa\in (0,\infty)$ and $n\geq 3$. Using ODE techniques…

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…

In this paper the existence of solutions, $(\lambda,u)$, of the problem $$-\Delta u=\lambda u -a(x)|u|^{p-1}u \quad \hbox{in }\Omega, \qquad u=0 \quad \hbox{on}\;\;\partial\Omega,$$ is explored for $0 < p < 1$. When $p>1$, it is known that…

We consider a linear-quadratic optimization problem with pointwise bounds on the state for which the constraint is given by the Laplace-Beltrami equation (to have uniqueness we add an lower order term) on a two-dimensional surface . By…

In the first part we present a generalized implicit function theorem for abstract equations of the type $F(\lambda,u)=0$. We suppose that $u_0$ is a solution for $\lambda=0$ and that $F(\lambda,\cdot)$ is smooth for all $\lambda$, but,…

We study singular metrics of constant negative $Q$-curvature in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ for every $n \geq 1$. Precisely, we consider solutions to the problem \[ (-\Delta)^{n/2}u=-e^{nu}\quad \text{on}\quad\mathbb{R}^{n}\backslash…

We present a general approach to prove existence of solutions for optimal control problems not based on typical convexity conditions which quite often are very hard, if not impossible, to check. By taking advantage of several relaxations of…