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Here is one of the results obtained in this paper: Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain, let $q>1$, with $q<{{n+2}\over {n-2}}$ if $n\geq 3$ and let $\lambda_1$ be the first eigenvalue of the problem $$\cases{-\Delta…

We consider a hyperbolic ordinary differential equation perturbed by a nonlinearity which can be singular at a point and in particular this includes MEMS type equations. We first study qualitative properties of the solution to the…

In this paper, we prove some Liouville theorem for the following elliptic equations involving nonlocal nonlinearity and nonlocal boundary value condition $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -\Delta u(y)=\intpr \frac{…

We show optimal existence, nonexistence and regularity results for nonnegative solutions to Dirichlet problems as $$ \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Delta_1 u = g(u)|D u|+h(u)f & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega,…

A semilinear heat equation $u_{t}=\Delta u+f(u)$ with nonnegative initial data in a subset of $L^{1}(\Omega)$ is considered under the assumption that $f$ is nonnegative and nondecreasing and $\Omega\subseteq \R^{n}$. A simple technique for…

We study nonlinear diffusion problems of the form $u_t=u_{xx}+f(u)$ with free boundaries. Such problems may be used to describe the spreading of a biological or chemical species, with the free boundary representing the expanding front. For…

We consider the following class of equations with exponential nonlinearities on a compact surface $M$: $$ - \Delta u = \rho_1 \left( \frac{h_1 \,e^{u}}{\int_M h_1 \,e^{u} } - \frac{1}{|M|} \right) - \rho_2 \left( \frac{h_2 \,e^{-u}}{\int_M…

For a class of reaction-diffusion equations describing propagation phenomena, we prove that for any entire solution $u$, the level set $\{u=\lambda\}$ is a Lipschitz graph in the time direction if $\lambda$ is close to $1$. Under a further…

We consider homogeneous (stationary self-similar) solutions to the generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations parametrized by the constant $0<s<1$, representing the 2D Euler equations ($s=1$), the SQG equations $(s=1/2)$, and…

We study (higher order) asymptotic behaviour near branch points of stationary $n$-dimensional two-valued $C^{1, \mu}$ graphs in an open subset of ${\mathbb R}^{n+m}$. Specifically, if $M$ is the graph of a two-valued $C^{1, \mu}$ function…

For all $N \geq 9$, we find smooth entire epigraphs in $\R^N$, namely smooth domains of the form $\Omega : = \{x\in \R^N\ / \ x_N > F (x_1,\ldots, x_{N-1})\}$, which are not half-spaces and in which a problem of the form $\Delta u + f(u) =…

In this paper we prove a Liouville type theorem for the stationary equations of a non-Newtonian fluid in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with the viscous part of the stress tensor $\mathbf{A}_p(u) = \mathrm{div} ( | \mathbf{D}(u) |^{p-2} \mathbf{D}(u) )$,…

We consider the Kepler problem on surfaces of revolution that are homeomorphic to $S^2$ and have constant Gaussian curvature. We show that the system is maximally superintegrable, finding constants of motion that generalize the Runge-Lentz…

We prove uniqueness and non-degeneracy of the critical point of positive, semi-stable solutions of $-\Delta u=f(u)$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions for a class of star-shaped domains of the sphere and of the hyperbolic plane satisfying a…

In this paper, the theory of Gelfand problems is adapted to the 1--Laplacian setting. Concretely, we deal with the following problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{cc} -\Delta_1u=\lambda f(u) &\hbox{in }\Omega\,;\\[2mm] u=0…

We study the following Neumann boundary problem related to the stationary solutions of the Keller-Segel system, a basic model of chemotaxis phenomena: \[ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta_g u +\beta u =\lambda\left(\frac{Ve^u}{\int_{\Sigma}…

The purpose of this paper is to study a complete orientable minimal hypersurface with finite index in an $(n+1)$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $N$. We generalize Theorems 1.5-1.6 (\cite{Seo14}). In 1976, Schoen and Yau proved the…

Consider the following nonlinear Neumann problem \[ \begin{cases} \text{div}\left(y^{a}\nabla u(x,y)\right)=0, & \text{for }(x,y)\in\mathbb{R}_{+}^{n+1}\\ \lim_{y\rightarrow0+}y^{a}\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=-f(u), & \text{on…

Let $M$ be a Riemannian manifold and $\Omega$ a compact domain of $M$ with smooth boundary. We study the solution of the heat equation on $\Omega$ having constant unit initial conditions and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The purpose of…

We get a new multiplicity result for gradient systems. Here is a very particular corollary: Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ ($n\geq 2$) be a smooth bounded domain and let $\Phi:{\bf R}^2\to {\bf R}$ be a $C^1$ function, with $\Phi(0,0)=0$,…