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In this paper, we study the regularity of optimal mappings in Monge's mass transfer problem. Using the approximation to Monge's cost function given by the Euclidean distance c(x,y)=dist(x,y) through the costs…
We consider the modified Monge-Kantorovich problem with additional restriction: admissible transport plans must vanish on some fixed functional subspace. Different choice of the subspace leads to different additional properties optimal…
In this paper, we consider a model with tumor microenvironment involving nutrient density, extracellular matrix and matrix-degrading enzymes, which satisfy a coupled system of PDEs with a free boundary. For this coupled parabolic-hyperbolic…
We consider two variational evolution problems related to Monge-Kantorovich mass transfer. These problems provide models for collapsing sandpiles and for compression molding. We prove the following connection between these problems and…
The study of the optimal constant in an Hessian-type Sobolev inequality leads to a fully nonlinear boundary value problem, overdetermined with non standard boundary conditions. We show that all the solutions have ellipsoidal symmetry. In…
In this paper we establish uniqueness in the inverse boundary value problem for the two coefficients in the inhomogeneous porous medium equation $\epsilon\partial_tu-\nabla\cdot(\gamma\nabla u^m)=0$, with $m>1$, in dimension 3 or higher,…
By expressing the time-independent Schrodinger equation in one dimension as a system of two first-order differential equations, the transfer matrix for a rectangular potential barrier is obtained making use of the matrix exponential. It is…
We exhibit a surprising relationship between elliptic gradient systems of PDEs, multi-marginal Monge-Kantorovich optimal transport problem, and multivariable Hardy-Littlewood inequalities. We show that the notion of an orientable elliptic…
The stationary, axisymmetric reduction of the vacuum Einstein equations, the so-called Ernst equation, is an integrable nonlinear PDE in two dimensions. There now exists a general method for analyzing boundary value problems for integrable…
We investigate the existence of weak type solutions for a class of aggregation-diffusion PDEs with nonlinear mobility obtained as large particle limit of a suitable nonlocal version of the follow-the-leader scheme, which is interpreted as…
We develop methods for the solution of inhomogeneous Robin type boundary value problems (BVPs) that arise for certain linear parabolic Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on a half line, as well as a second order generalisation. We are…
The aim of the paper is to develop a general theory of solvability of linear inhomogeneous boundary-value problems for systems of ordinary differential equations of arbitrary order in Sobolev spaces. Boundary conditions are allowed to be…
A new method is introduced for studying boundary value problems for a class of linear PDEs with {\it variable} coefficients. This method is based on ideas recently introduced by the author for the study of boundary value problems for PDEs…
We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the second boundary value problem for a parabolic PDE of Monge-Amp\`ere type arising from optimal mass transport. Our main result is an exponential rate of convergence for solutions of this…
We present a field-theoretic framework to characterize the distribution of transmission eigenvalues for coherent wave propagation through disordered media. The central outcome is a transport equation for a matrix-valued radiance, analogous…
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We study a wide class of linear inhomogeneous boundary-value problems for $r$th order ODE-systems depending on a parameter $\mu$ belonging to a general metric space $\mathcal M$. The solutions belong to the Sobolev spaces $(W^{n+r}_p)^m$,…
The existence, multiplicity and nonexistence of nontrivial radial convex solutions of a system of two weakly coupled Monge-Ampere equations are established with asymptotic assumptions for an appropriately chosen parameter. The proof of the…
We informally review a few PDEs for which the Monge-Kantorovich distance between pairs of solutions, possibly with some judicious cost function, decays: heat equation, Fokker-Planck equation, heat equation with varying coefficients,…
We consider deterministic particle dynamics with time evolving weights and their associated Kolmogorov equation and mean-field equation. We prove existence and unique- ness for the limit PDE alongside estimates on the growth of the…