Related papers: On the structure of $\infty$-Harmonic maps

We consider the following elliptic system \Delta u =\nabla H (u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^N, where $u:\mathbf{R}^N\to \mathbf{R}^m$ and $H\in C^2(\mathbf{R}^m)$, and prove, under various conditions on the nonlinearity $H$ that, at least…

In this work we use Lie group theoretic methods and the theory of prolonged group actions to study two fully nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). First we consider a third order PDE in two spatial dimensions that arises as the…

We study the equivariant harmonic map heat flow, Schr\"odinger maps equation, and generalized Landau-Lifshitz equation from $\mathbb{C}^n$ to $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^n$. By means of a careful geometric analysis, we determine a new, highly…

For $\mathrm{H} \in C^2(\mathbb{R}^{N \times n})$ and $u : \Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^N$, consider the system \[ \label{1}\mathrm{A}\_\infty u\, :=\,\Big(\mathrm{H}\_P \otimes \mathrm{H}\_P + \mathrm{H}[\mathrm{H}\_P]^\bot…

We study PDE of the form $\max\{F(D^2u,x)-f(x), H(Du)\}=0$ where $F$ is uniformly elliptic and convex in its first argument, $H$ is convex, $f$ is a given function and $u$ is the unknown. These equations are derived from dynamic programming…

We study variational problems for second order supremal functionals $\mathrm F_\infty(u)= \|F(\cdot,u,\mathrm D u,\mathrm{A}\!:\!\mathrm D^2u)\|_{\mathrm L^{\infty}(\Omega)}$, where $F$ satisfies certain natural assumptions, $\mathrm A$ is…

In this article we study a Bernoulli-type free boundary problem and generalize a work of Henrot and Shahgholian in \cite{HS1} to $\mathcal{A}$-harmonic PDEs. These are quasi-linear elliptic PDEs whose structure is modeled on the $p$-Laplace…

This paper is concerned with the rigorous analysis of a recently proposed model of Zheng et. al. for describing nematic liquid crystals within the dense regime, with the orientation distribution function as the variable. A key feature of…

We study underdetermined-elliptic linear partial differential operators $P$ on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds, such as the divergence operator on 1-forms or symmetric 2-tensors. Suitably interpreted, these are instances of (weighted)…

We study existence and uniqueness of solutions to a nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem with a general, and possibly singular, lower order term, whose model is $$\begin{cases} -\Delta_p u = H(u)\mu & \text{in}\ \Omega,\\ u>0…

Let $u: (M, g)\to (N, h)$ be a map between Riemannian manifolds $(M, g)$ and $(N, h)$. The $p$-bienergy of $u$ is defined by $E_p(u)=\int_M|\tau(u)|^pd\nu_g$, where $\tau(u)$ is the tension field of $u$ and $p>1$. Critical points of…

Homogenization is studied for a nonlinear elliptic boundary-value problem with a large nonlinear potential. More specifically we are interested in the asymptotic behavior of a sequence of p-Laplacians of the form $$…

We derive Euler-Lagrange equations for the topology optimization of decay rate in 3-d lossy optical cavities. This leads to a new class of time-harmonic differential or integro-differential equations, which can be written as nonlinear…

In 1981, Sacks and Uhlenbeck introduced their famous $\alpha$-energy as a way to approximate the Dirichlet energy and produce harmonic maps from surfaces into Riemannian manifolds. However, the second and third authors together with…

In this paper we analyze the asymptotic behaviour as $p\to 1^+$ of solutions $u_p$ to $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{rclr} -\Delta_pu&=&\lambda|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\cdot\frac{x}{|x|^2}+ f&\quad \mbox{ in } \Omega,\\ u_p&=&0 &\quad \mbox{ on…

In this paper we consider critical points of the following nonlocal energy {equation} {\cal{L}}_n(u)=\int_{\R^n}| ({-\Delta})^{n/4} u(x)|^2 dx\,, {equation} where $u\colon H^{n/2}(\R^n)\to{\cal{N}}\,$ ${\cal{N}}\subset\R^m$ is a compact $k$…

We consider the boundary value problem \begin{equation} - \Delta u = \lambda c(x)u+ \mu(x) |\nabla u|^2 + h(x), \qquad u \in H^1_0(\Omega) \cap L^{\infty}(\Omega), \leqno{(P_{\lambda})} \end{equation} where $\Omega \subset \R^N, N \geq 3$…

Contrary to widespread perception, there is ever since 1994 a unified, general type independent theory for the existence of solutions for very large classes of nonlinear systems of PDEs. This solution method is based on the Dedekind order…

We consider a class of non-linear PDE systems, whose equations possess Noether identities (the equations are redundant), including non-variational systems (not coming from Lagrangian field theories), where Noether identities and…

We consider two special classes of $k$-harmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds which are related to calibrated geometry, satisfying a first order fully nonlinear PDE. The first is a special type of weakly conformal map $u \colon (L^k, g)…