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We study the symmetry properties for solutions of elliptic systems of the type {ll}-\dive(a_1(x,|\nabla u^1|(X))\nabla u^1(X))=F_{1}(x, u^1(X),..., u^n(X)), ... -\dive(a_n(x,|\nabla u^n|(X))\nabla u^n(X))=F_{n}(x, u^1(X),..., u^n(X)), where…
We study the symmetry properties for solutions of elliptic systems of the type (-\Delta)^{s_1} u = F_1(u, v), (-\Delta)^{s_2} v= F_2(u, v), where $F\in C^{1,1}_{loc}(\R^2)$, $s_1,s_2\in (0,1)$ and the operator $(-\Delta)^s$ is the so-called…
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…
We study elliptic gradient systems with fractional laplacian operators on the whole space $$ (- \Delta)^\mathbf s \mathbf u =\nabla H (\mathbf u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^n,$$ where $\mathbf u:\mathbf{R}^n\to \mathbf{R}^m$, $H\in…
We study the De Giorgi type conjecture, that is, one dimensional symmetry problem for entire solutions of an two components elliptic system in $\mathbb{R}^n$, for all $n\geq 2$. We prove that, if a solution $(u,v)$ has a linear growth at…
We prove the one-dimensional symmetry of solutions to elliptic equations of the form $-\dive(e^{G(x)}a(|\nabla u|)\nabla u)=f(u) e^{G(x)}$, under suitable energy conditions. Our results hold without any restriction on the dimension of the…
We obtain symmetry results for solutions of an elliptic system of equation possessing a cooperative structure. The domain in which the problem is set may possess "holes" or "small vacancies" (measured in terms of capacity) along which the…
This paper is devoted to the study of rigidity properties for special solutions of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations on smooth, boundaryless Riemannian manifolds. As far as stable solutions are concerned, we derive a new…
In this paper we study the one dimensional symmetry problem of entire solutions to the problem \[\Delta u=uv^2,\Delta v=vu^2,u,v>0 \text{in} \mathbb{R}^n,\] for all $n\geq 2$. We prove that, if a solution $(u,v)$ is a local minimizer and…
For the system of semilinear elliptic equations \[ \Delta V_i = V_i \sum_{j \neq i} V_j^2, \qquad V_i > 0 \qquad \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$} \] we devise a new method to construct entire solutions. The method extends the existence results…
In this article, under mild constraints on the sectional curvature, we exploit a divergence formula for symmetric endomorphisms to deduce a general Poincar\'e type inequality. We apply such inequality to higher-order mean curvature of…
The issue of symmetry and symmetry breaking is fundamental in all areas of science. Symmetry is often assimilated to order and beauty while symmetry breaking is the source of many interesting phenomena such as phase transitions,…
In this paper we prove regularity results for a class of nonlinear degenerate elliptic equations of the form $\displaystyle -\operatorname{div}(A(|\nabla u|)\nabla u)+B\left( |\nabla u|\right) =f(u)$; in particular, we investigate the…
We derive some 1-D symmetry and uniqueness or non-existence results for nonnegative solutions of some elliptic system in the halfspace $\R^N_+$ in low dimension. Our method is based upon a combination of Fourier series and Liouville…
We prove that entire bounded monotone solutions to a certain class of fully nonlinear equations in 2D are one-dimensional. Our result also gives a new (non-variational) proof of the well known De Giorgi's conjecture.
We formulate Euler-Poincar\'e and Lagrange-Poincar\'e equations for systems with broken symmetry. We specialize the general theory to present explicit equations of motion for nematic systems, ranging from single nematic molecules to biaxial…
We study the qualitative properties of a limiting elliptic system arising in phase separation for Bose-Einstein condensates with multiple states: \Delta u=u v^2 in R^n, \Delta v= v u^2 in R^n, u, v>0\quad in R^n. When n=1, we prove…
We study spectral stability estimates of elliptic operators in divergence form $-\textrm{div} [A(w) \nabla g(w)]$ with the Neumann boundary condition in non-Lipschitz domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb C$. The suggested method is based on…
In this article, we give a trajectorial proof of a kinetic Poincar\'e inequality which plays an important role in the De Giorgi-Nash-Moser theory for kinetic equations. The present work improves a result due to J. Guerand and C. Mouhot [10]…
The $GL_2$ Poincar\'{e} series giving the subconvexity results of Diaconu and Garrett is the solution to an automorphic partial differential equation, constructed by winding-up the solution to the corresponding differential equation on the…