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We establish an explicit maximum principle for the Dirichlet problem associated with the $p$-Laplacian ($p>1$), where the constant depends on both $p$ and the geometry of the domain. From this result we derive two main applications. First,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Kevin Carrillo-Reina , Jean C. Cortissoz

Consider two manifolds~$M^m$ and $N^n$ and a first-order Lagrangian $L(u)$ for mappings $u:M\to N$, i.e., $L$ is an expression involving $u$ and its first derivatives whose value is an $m$-form (or more generally, an $m$-density) on~$M$.…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Robert L. Bryant

We study the existence of {weak} solutions for fractional elliptic equations of the type, \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{\frac{1}{2}} u+ V(x) u= h(u), u> 0 \;\textrm{in} \;\mathbb R, \end{equation*} %where $1<q<2,\;p>2,\;1<\beta\leq2\;,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-06 Jacques Giacomoni , Pawan Mishra , Konijeti Sreenadh

Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded regular domain, $0<s<1$ and $N>2s$. We consider $$ (P)\left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} (-\Delta)^s u &= & \frac{u^{q}}{d^{2s}} & \text{ in }\Omega , \\ u &> & 0 & \text{in }\Omega , \\ u & = & 0 &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Boumediene Abdellaoui , kheireddine Biroud , Ana Primo

In this paper, we deal with the following elliptic type problem $$ \begin{cases} (-\Delta)_{q(.)}^{s(.)}u + \lambda Vu = \alpha \left\vert u\right\vert^{p(.)-2}u+\beta \left\vert u\right\vert^{k(.)-2}u & \text{ in }\Omega, \\[7pt] u =0 &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Abita Rahmoune , Umberto Biccari

We examine the elliptic system given by \begin{eqnarray*} \qquad \left\{ \begin{array}{lcl} -\Delta u =\lambda f(v) \quad \mbox{ in } \Omega -\Delta v =\gamma f(u) \quad \mbox{ in } \Omega, u=v =0, \quad \mbox{ on } \pOm \end{array}\right.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-24 A. Aghajani , C. Cowan

We investigate quantitative properties of the nonnegative solutions $u(t,x)\ge 0$ to the nonlinear fractional diffusion equation, $\partial_t u + {\mathcal L} (u^m)=0$, posed in a bounded domain, $x\in\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^N$ with $m>1$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Matteo Bonforte , Juan Luis Vázquez

In this paper we deal with the multiplicity of positive solutions to the fractional Laplacian equation \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} u=\lambda f(x)|u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{2^{*}_{\alpha}-2}u, \quad\text{in}\,\,\Omega,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-10 Jinguo Zhang , Xiaochun Liu , Hongying Jiao

We study the following elliptic problem $-A(u) = \lambda u^q$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $A(u) (x) = \Delta u (x) \chi_{D_1} (x)+ \Delta_p u(x) \chi_{D_2}(x)$ is the Laplacian in one part of the domain, $D_1$, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-10 Alexis Molino , Julio D. Rossi

We establish sharp higher-order H\"older regularity estimates up to the boundary for solutions to equations of the form $\partial_t u-Lu=f(t,x)$ in $I\times\Omega$ where $I\subset\mathbb{R}$, $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ and $f$ is H\"older…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Xavier Ros-Oton , Hernan Vivas

This paper studies the existence of positive normalized solutions to the singular elliptic equation \[ -\Delta u + \lambda u = u^{-r} + u^{p-1} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] with the Dirichlet boundary condition $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Siyu Chen , Xiaojun Chang , Jiazheng Zhou

We establish uniform a-priori estimates for solutions of the semilinear Dirichlet problem \begin{equation} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^m u=h(x,u)\quad&\mbox{in }\Omega,\\ u=\partial_nu=\cdots=\partial_n^{m-1}u=0\quad&\mbox{on }\partial\Omega,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Gabriele Mancini , Giulio Romani

For $s\in(0,1)$ and an open bounded set $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$, we prove existence and uniqueness of absolute minimisers of the supremal functional $$E_\infty(u)=\|(-\Delta)^s u\|_{L^\infty(\mathbb R^n)},$$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ is the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Simone Carano , Roger Moser

Let $u$ be an eigenfunction of the Laplacian on a compact manifold with boundary, with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions, and let $-\lambda^2$ be the corresponding eigenvalue. We consider the problem of estimating the maximum of $u$…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 D. Grieser

We study sharp conditions for the existence and nonexistence of infinitely many nonnegative solutions to the problem $-\Delta_p u = \lambda f(u)$ in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $f$ is a continuous function…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Antonio J. Martínez Aparicio , Clara Torres-Latorre

We study the asymptotic behavior as $p\to\infty$ of the Gelfand problem \[ -\Delta_{p} u=\lambda\,e^{u}\ \textrm{in}\ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n,\quad u=0 \ \textrm{on}\ \partial\Omega. \] Under an appropriate rescaling on $u$ and $\lambda$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Fernando Charro , Byungjae Son , Peiyong Wang

We consider a fractional elliptic equation in an unbounded set with both Dirichlet and fractional normal derivative datum prescribed. We prove that the domain and the solution are necessarily radially symmetric. The extension of the result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-10 Nicola Soave , Enrico Valdinoci

This article is concerned with the existence and multiplicity of positive weak solutions for the following fractional Kirchhoff-Choquard problem: \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{cc} \displaystyle M\left( \|u\|^2\right) (-\Delta)^s u =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Divya Goel , Sushmita Rawat , K. Sreenadh

In this article, we study the following parabolic equation involving the fractional Laplacian with singular nonlinearity \begin{equation*} \quad (P_{t}^s) \left\{ \begin{split} \quad u_t + (-\Delta)^s u &= u^{-q} + f(x,u), \;u >0\;…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-07 J. Giacomoni , Tuhina Mukherjee , K. Sreenadh

The paper is devoted to the study of the unconditional extremal problem for a fractional linear integral functional defined on a set of probability distributions. In contrast to results proved earlier, the integrands of the integral…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-14 Peter Shnurkov , Kseniia Adamova