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The Richards equation is a nonlinear parabolic equation that is commonly used for modelling saturated/unsaturated flow in porous media. We assume that the medium occupies a bounded Lipschitz domain partitioned into two disjoint subdomains…
We consider the problem of finding a real number lambda and a function u satisfying the PDE max{lambda -\Delta u -f,|Du|-1}=0, for all x in R^n. Here f is a convex, superlinear function. We prove that there is a unique lambda* such that the…
We consider a family of linearly viscoelastic shells with thickness $2\varepsilon$, clamped along a portion of their lateral face, all having the same middle surface $S=\mathbf{\theta}(\bar{\omega})\subset \mathbb{R}^3$, where…
The present paper provides symmetry results for a class of overdetermined problems of elliptic and parabolic type in multi-phase settings, including various extensions of remarkable results obtained by S. Sakaguchi in [12, 13]. A new…
In this paper, a quadratic optimal control problem is considered for second-order parabolic PDEs with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, in which the "point" control function (depending only on time) constitutes a source term. These…
We establish gradient higher integrability results for weak solutions to degenerate parabolic equations of double phase type $$ u_t-\operatorname{div} \left(|Du|^{p-2}Du + a(x,t)|Du|^{q-2}Du\right)=0 $$ in $\Omega_T := \Omega\times (0,T)$,…
We consider an overdetermined problem for a two phase elliptic operator in divergence form with piecewise constant coefficients. We look for domains such that the solution $u$ of a Dirichlet boundary value problem also satisfies the…
We consider the parabolic chemotaxis model \[ u_t=\Delta u - \chi \nabla\cdot(\frac uv \nabla v), \qquad\qquad v_t=\Delta v - v + u\] in a smooth, bounded, convex two-dimensional domain and show global existence and boundedness of solutions…
Solvability of Cauchy's problem in $\mathbb{R}^2$ for subcritical quasi-geostrophic equation is discussed here in two phase spaces; $L^p(\mathbb{R}^2)$ with $p> \frac{2}{2\alpha-1}$ and $H^s(\mathbb{R}^2)$ with $s>1$. A solution to that…
We prove the existence and uniqueness of a viscosity solution of the parabolic variational inequality with a nonlinear multivalued Neumann-Dirichlet boundary condition:% {equation*} \{{array}{r} \dfrac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial…
Finite element approximations of Dirichlet boundary control problems governed by parabolic PDEs on convex polygonal domains are studied in this paper. The existence of a unique solution to optimal control problems is guaranteed based on…
We consider periodic homogenization of boundary value problems for second-order semilinear elliptic systems in 2D of the type $$ \partial_{x_i}\left(a_{ij}^{\alpha…
This paper deals with classical solutions to the parabolic-parabolic system \begin{align*} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta (\gamma (v) u ) &\mathrm{in}\ \Omega\times(0,\infty), \\[1mm] v_t=\Delta v - v + u &\mathrm{in}\ \Omega\times(0,\infty),…
We present a parametric finite element approximation of two-phase flow with insoluble surfactant. This free boundary problem is given by the Navier--Stokes equations for the two-phase flow in the bulk, which are coupled to the transport…
We study existence of nontrivial solutions to problem \begin{equation*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta u &=& \lambda u+f(u)&\text{ in }\Omega,\\ u&=&0&\text{ on }\partial \Omega, \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where $\Omega…
We study the two-dimensional multiphase Muskat problem describing the motion of three immiscible fluids with equal viscosities in a vertical homogeneous porous medium identified with $\mathbb{R}^2$ under the effect of gravity. We first…
We present a parametric finite element approximation of two-phase flow. This free boundary problem is given by the Stokes equations in the two phases, which are coupled via jump conditions across the interface. Using a novel variational…
We consider the following quasi-linear parabolic system of backward partial differential equations: $(\partial_t+L)u+f(\cdot,\cdot,u, \nabla u\sigma)=0$ on $[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}^d\qquad u_T=\phi$, where $L$ is a possibly degenerate second…
We consider an obstacle problem for (possibly non-local) wave equations, and we prove existence of weak solutions through a convex minimization approach based on a time discrete approximation scheme. We provide the corresponding numerical…
We study minimizers of the functional $$ \int_{B_1^+}|\nabla u|^2 x_n^a\,d x +2\int_{B_1'} (\lambda_+ u^++\lambda_- u^-)\,d x', $$ for $a\in(-1,1)$. The problem arises in connection with heat flow with control on the boundary. It can also…