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We study the Dirichlet problem for an elliptic equation involving the $1$-Laplace operator and a reaction term, namely: $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle -\Delta_1 u =h(u)f(x)&\hbox{in }\Omega\,,\\ u=0&\hbox{on }\partial\Omega\,,…

We consider a class of variational problems for densities that repel each other at distance. Typical examples are given by the Dirichlet functional and the Rayleigh functional \[ D(\mathbf{u}) = \sum_{i=1}^k \int_{\Omega} |\nabla u_i|^2…

Let $\tau(n)$ be the number of divisors of $n$. We give an elementary proof of the fact that $$ \sum_{n\le x} \tau(n)^r =xC_{r} (\log x)^{2^r-1}+O(x(\log x)^{2^r-2}), $$ for any integer $r\ge 2$. Here, $$ C_{r}=\frac{1}{(2^r-1)!}…

This paper is concerned with the forward and inverse problems for the fractional semilinear elliptic equation $(-\Delta)^s u +a(x,u)=0$ for $0<s<1$. For the forward problem, we proved the problem is well-posed and has a unique solution for…

We formulate a numerical method to solve the porous medium type equation with fractional diffusion \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2} (u^m)=0 \] posed for $x\in \mathbb{R}^N$, $t>0$, with $m\geq 1$, $\sigma \in (0,2)$,…

This short note provides a sharper upper bound of a well known inequality for the sum of divisors function. This is a problem in pure mathematics related to the distribution of prime numbers. Furthermore, the technique is completely…

We prove an exact formula for the variance of the divisor function over short intervals in $\mathcal{A} := \mathbb{F}_q [T]$, where $q$ is a prime power. A slight adaption of the proof allows us to obtain an exact formula for correlations…

In this paper we study existence and nonexistence of solutions for a Dirichlet boundary value problem whose model is $$ \begin{cases} -\sum_{m=1}^{\infty} a_m \Delta u^m= f&\text{in}\ \Omega \newline u=0 & \text{on}\ \partial\Omega\,,…

Let $L$ be an infinitely degenerate second-order linear operator defined on a bounded smooth Euclidean domain. Under weaker conditions than those of H\"ormander, we show that the Dirichlet problem associated with $L$ has a unique smooth…

In this paper, we study the semilinear subelliptic equation \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} -\triangle_{X} u=f(x,u)+g(x,u) & \mbox{in}~\Omega, \\[2mm] u=0\hfill & \mbox{on}~\partial\Omega, \end{array} \right. \] where…

Using Voronoi's truncated formula for $\Delta(x)$ involving Bessel functions, the first author derives an asymptotic formula for the eighth-power moments with an error term of order $O\left(X^{3 - \frac{1}{254} + \varepsilon}\right)$

Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…

We combine a systematic approach for deriving general a posteriori error estimates for convex minimization problems based on convex duality relations with a recently derived generalized Marini formula. The a posteriori error estimates are…

We study the Dirichlet boundary value problem for equations with absorption of the form $-\Delta u+g\circ u=\mu$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset R^N$ where $g$ is a continuous odd monotone increasing function. Under some additional…

For $0<s<1$, we consider the Dirichlet problem for the fractional nonlocal Ornstein--Uhlenbeck equation $$\begin{cases} (-\Delta+x\cdot\nabla)^su=f&\hbox{in}~\Omega\\ u=0&\hbox{on}~\partial\Omega, \end{cases}$$ where $\Omega$ is a possibly…

We present a short alternative proof of the Vorono\"i summation formula which plays an important role in Dirichlet's divisor problem and has recently found an application in physics as a trace formula for a Schr\"odinger operator on a…

We prove new exact formulas for the generalized sum-of-divisors functions, $\sigma_{\alpha}(x) := \sum_{d|x} d^{\alpha}$. The formulas for $\sigma_{\alpha}(x)$ when $\alpha \in \mathbb{C}$ is fixed and $x \geq 1$ involves a finite sum over…

We have proved that $\triangle(X)=X^{1/4+\epsilon(X)}$, $\epsilon(X)=\frac{c}{\log\log X}$.

In this paper we are dealing with the problem of the existence of two divisors of $(n^2+1)/2$ whose sum is equal to $\delta n+\varepsilon$, in the case when $\delta$ and $\varepsilon$ are even, or more precisely in the case in which…

A new definition for the Dirichlet beta function for positive integer arguments is discovered and presented for the first time. This redefinition of the Dirichlet beta function, based on the polygamma function for some special values,…