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In this paper, we mainly discuss the local regularity of the solution to the following problem \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -\dive({\bf{A}}(x)\nabla u(x))=f(x),&~x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)=0,&~x\in\partial\Omega, \end{cases} \end{align*} where…
We discuss the local properties of weak solutions to the equation $-\Delta u + b\cdot\nabla u=0$. The corresponding theory is well-known in the case $b\in L_n$, where $n$ is the dimension of the space. Our main interest is focused on the…
We consider the operator $-\Delta +b \cdot \nabla$ with $b:\mathbb R^d \rightarrow \mathbb R^d$ ($d \geq 3$) in the class of form-bounded vector fields (containing vector fields having critical-order singularities), and characterize…
We study existence and regularity properties of stable positive solutions to the nonvariational problem - Delta u - b(x)|nabla u|^2 = lambda g(u) in a bounded smooth domain. In the case where b is constant, by means of a Hopf-Cole…
In this paper we present the following result on regularity of solutions of the second order parabolic equation $\partial_t u - \mbox{div} (A \nabla u)+B\cdot \nabla u=0$ on cylindrical domains of the form $\Omega=\mathcal O\times\mathbb R$…
We consider the semilinear problem \[ \Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(-\log u^+\right) 1_{\{u > 0\}} - \lambda_- \left(-\log u^- \right) 1_{\{u < 0\}} \qquad \hbox{ in } B_1, \] where $B_1$ is the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and assume…
We discuss the H\"older regularity of solutions to the semilinear equation involving the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s u=f(u)$ in one dimension. We put in evidence a new regularity phenomenon which is a combined effect of the…
We study the local properties of positive solutions of the equation $-\Delta u+ m\abs{\nabla u}^q-e^{u}=0$ in a punctured domain $\Omega\setminus\{0\}$ of $R^N$, $N\geq 2$, where $m$ is a positive parameter and $q>1$. We study particularly…
In this paper, we study the regularity of solutions to a linear elliptic equation involving a mixed local-nonlocal operator of the form $$Lu - \operatorname{div}\big(a(x)\nabla u(x)\big)= f, \quad \text{in } \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n,$$…
We show that for an $L^2$ drift $b$ in two dimensions, if the Hardy norm of $\text{div }b$ is small, then the weak solutions to $\Delta u+b\cdot\nabla u=0$ have the same optimal H\"older regularity as in the case of divergence-free drift,…
In this article we consider the following generalized quasi-geostrophic equation \partial_t\theta + u\cdot\nabla \theta + \nu \Lambda^\beta \theta =0, \quad u= \Lambda^\alpha \mathcal{R}^\bot\theta, \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^2, where $\nu>0$,…
We study the local properties of positive solutions of the equation $-\Delta u+ae^{bu}=m|\nabla u|^q$ in a punctured domain $\Omega\setminus\{0\}$ of $\bf R^2$ where $m,a,b$ are positive parameters and $q>1$. We study particularly the…
In the unit ball B(0,1), let $u$ and $\Omega$ (a domain in $\R$) solve the following overdetermined problem: $$\Delta u =\chi_\Omega\quad \hbox{in} B(0,1), \qquad 0 \in \partial \Omega, \qquad u=|\nabla u |=0 \quad \hbox{in} B(0,1)\setminus…
In this paper we study the Poisson problem, \[ \begin{cases} -{\rm div}(d^\beta\nabla u)=f&{\rm in}\ \Omega\\ u=0&{\rm on}\ \partial\Omega, \end{cases} \] where $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^N$, $N\ge2$ is a smooth bounded domain, $f$ is a…
In this note, we address the local well-posedness for the active scalar equation $\partial_t \theta + u\cdot \nabla \theta =0$, where $u = - \nabla^\perp(-\Delta)^{-1+\beta/2}\theta$. The local existence of solutions in the Sobolev class…
This paper is concerned with the study of a non-local Burgers equation for positive bounded periodic initial data. The equation reads $$ u_t - u |\nabla| u + |\nabla|(u^2) = 0. $$ We construct global classical solutions starting from smooth…
In this paper, we study the existence of distributional solutions of the following non-local elliptic problem \begin{eqnarray*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{l} (-\Delta)^{s}u + |\nabla u|^{p} =f \quad\text{ in } \Omega \qquad \qquad \qquad…
We consider the equation $u_t = \mbox{Div}(a[u]\nabla u - u\nabla a[u])$, $-\Delta a = u$. This model has attracted some attention in the recents years and several results are available in the literature. We review recent results on…
Let $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$. We study stable solutions $u$ of the mean curvature equation \[ \operatorname{div}\left( \frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1+|\nabla u|^2}} \right) = -f(u) \qquad \text{in}\ \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n. \] In the local…
We study the regularity of a porous medium equation with nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator. The precise model is $u_t=\nabla\cdot(u\nabla (-\Delta)^{-1/2}u).$ For definiteness, the problem is posed…