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We develop a unified framework for semilinear elliptic equations with gradient-dependent nonlinearities and singular weights in strictly convex domains. Considering large solutions of \[ -\Delta u + b(x)\,h(|\nabla u|) + a(x)\,u = f(x)…
We consider a Bolza type optimal control problem of the form \begin{equation}\min J_{t}(y,u):=\int_t^T\Lambda(s,y(s), u(s))\,ds+g(y(T))\tag{P$_{t,x}$}\end{equation} Subject to: \begin{equation}\label{tag:admissible}\tag{D}\begin{cases} y\in…
In this paper we treat the numerical approximation of the two-phase parabolic obstacle-like problem: \[\Delta u -u_t=\lambda^+\cdot\chi_{\{u>0\}}-\lambda^-\cdot\chi_{\{u<0\}},\quad (t,x)\in (0,T)\times\Omega,\] where $T < \infty, \lambda^+…
We consider the boundary value problem \begin{equation*} - \Delta u = \lambda c(x)u+ \mu(x) |\nabla u|^2 + h(x), \quad u \in H^1_0(\Omega) \cap L^{\infty}(\Omega) \eqno{(P_{\lambda})} \end{equation*} where $\Omega \subset \R^N, N \geq 3$ is…
We prove the uniqueness property for a class of entire solutions to the equation \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -{\rm div}\, \mathcal{A}(x,\nabla u) = \sigma, \quad u\geq 0 \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n, \\…
In this chapter we are examining several iterative methods for solving nonlinear eigenvalue problems. These arise in variational image-processing, graph partition and classification, nonlinear physics and more. The canonical eigenproblem we…
This paper studies the eigenvalue problem on $\mathbb{R}^d$ for a class of second order, elliptic operators of the form $\mathscr{L} = a^{ij}\partial_{x_i}\partial_{x_j} + b^{i}\partial_{x_i} + f$, associated with non-degenerate diffusions.…
This paper studies the existence of positive normalized solutions to the singular elliptic equation \[ -\Delta u + \lambda u = u^{-r} + u^{p-1} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] with the Dirichlet boundary condition $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ and…
In this manuscript, we investigate a priori estimates for the solution to the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem for a broad class of concave elliptic Hessian operators of the form \[ F(D^2u)=-\Lambda u \quad \textrm{in} \, \Omega, \qquad u=0…
In this paper, we study properties of solutions of the Dominative $p$-Laplace equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions in a bounded convex domain $\Omega$. For the equation $-\mathcal{D}_p u= 1$, we show that $\sqrt{u}$ is…
Motivated by applications in natural resource management, risk management, and finance, this paper is focused on an ergodic two-sided singular control problem for a general one-dimensional diffusion process. The control is given by a…
We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p dx$ with a constrain on the volume of $\{u>0\}$. We consider a penalization problem, and we prove that for small values of the penalization parameter, the…
First, let $u_{g}$ be the unique solution of an elliptic variational inequality with source term $g$. We establish, in the general case, the error estimate between $u_{3}(\mu)=\mu u_{g_{1}}+ (1-\mu)u_{g_{2}}$ %(the convex combination of two…
We establish existence and uniqueness of solution for the homogeneous Dirichlet problem associated to a fairly general class of elliptic equations modeled by $$ -\Delta u= h(u){f} \ \ \text{in}\,\ \Omega, $$ where $f$ is an irregular datum,…
We study a minimizing problem associated with the singular problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{ll} -\operatorname{div}\left( \left\vert \nabla u\right\vert ^{p-2}\nabla u\right) =\lambda u^{-1} & \mathrm{in\ }\Omega\\ u>0 & \mathrm{in\…
We prove quantitative unique continuation results for solutions of $-\Delta u + W\cdot \nabla u + Vu = \lambda u$, where $\lambda \in \mathbb{C}$ and $V$ and $W$ are complex-valued decaying potentials that satisfy $|V(x)| \lesssim \langle…
We consider optimization problems of the first eigenvalue of elliptic operators with applications to two-phase optimal design problems (also known as topology optimization problems) of conductivity and elasticity relaxed by homogenization.…
In this paper we prove that a function $ u\in\mathcal{C}(\bar{\Omega})$ is the continuous value of the Tug-of-War game described in \cite{PSSW} if and only if it is the unique viscosity solution to the infinity laplacian with mixed boundary…
We investigate optimal control problems governed by the elliptic partial differential equation $-\Delta u=f$ subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on a given domain $\Omega$. The control variable in this setting is the right-hand side…
We examine the fourth order problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u) $ in $ \Omega$ with $ \Delta u = u =0 $ on $ \partial \Omega$, where $ \lambda > 0$ is a parameter, $ \Omega$ is a bounded domain in $ R^N$ and where $f$ is one of the following…