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We study the nodal set of solutions to equations of the form $$ (-\Delta)^s u = \lambda_+ (u_+)^{q-1} - \lambda_- (u_-)^{q-1}\quad\text{in $B_1$}, $$ where $\lambda_+,\lambda_->0, q \in [1,2)$, and $u_+$ and $u_-$ are respectively the…
We study the periodic homogenization of the viscous Hamilton--Jacobi equation \[ u_t^\varepsilon + \frac{1}{2}|Du^\varepsilon|^2 + V\!\left(\frac{x}{\varepsilon}\right) = \frac{\varepsilon}{2}\Delta u^\varepsilon \qquad \text{in }…
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…
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We prove the uniqueness of the viscosity solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with a Bolza problem of the Calculus of Variations, assuming that the Lagrangian is autonomous, continuous, superlinear, and satisfies the usual…
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We consider perturbations of the diffusive Hamilton-Jacobi equation \begin{equation*} %\label{non_pert} \left\{ \begin{array}{lcl} \hfill -\Delta u &=& (1+g(x))| \nabla u|^p\qquad \mbox{ in } \IR^N_+, \\ \hfill u &=& 0 \hfill \mbox{ on }…
A Hamilton-Jacobi equation with Caputo's time-fractional derivative of order less than one is considered. The notion of a viscosity solution is introduced to prove unique existence of a solution to the initial value problem under periodic…
In this paper, we discuss the existence and multiplicity problem of viscosity solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation $$h(x,d_x u)+\lambda(x)u=c,\quad x\in M,$$ where $M$ is a closed manifold and $\lambda:M\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ changes…
We study the existence and nonexistence of singular solutions to the equation $u_t-\Delta u - \frac{\kappa}{|x|^2}u+|x|^\alpha u|u|^{p-1}=0$, $p>1$, in $\R^N\times[0,\infty)$, $N\ge 3$, with a singularity at the point $(0,0)$, that is,…
We provide a general result concerning the homogenization of nonconvex viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the stationary, ergodic setting. In particular, we show that homogenization occurs for a non-empty set of points within every level…
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