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We consider the Dirichlet problem for a class of elliptic and parabolic equations in the upper-half space $\mathbb{R}^d_+$, where the coefficients are the product of $x_d^\alpha, \alpha \in (-\infty, 1),$ and a bounded uniformly elliptic…

We prove sharp upper and lower estimates for the parabolic kernel of the singular elliptic operator \begin{align*} \mathcal L&=\mbox{Tr }\left(AD^2\right)+\frac{\left(v,\nabla\right)}y, \end{align*} in the half-space…

In this paper we characterize the degenerate elliptic equations F(D^2u)=0 whose viscosity subsolutions, (F(D^2u) \geq 0), satisfy the strong maximum principle. We introduce an easily computed function f(t) for t > 0, determined by F, and we…

We consider parabolic operators of the form $$\partial_t+\mathcal{L},\ \mathcal{L}=-\mbox{div}\, A(X,t)\nabla,$$ in $\mathbb R_+^{n+2}:=\{(X,t)=(x,x_{n+1},t)\in \mathbb R^{n}\times \mathbb R\times \mathbb R:\ x_{n+1}>0\}$, $n\geq 1$. We…

Let $D$ be a bounded $C^2$-domain. Consider the following Dirichlet initial-boundary problem of nonlocal operators with a drift: $$ \partial_t u={\mathscr L}^{(\alpha)}_\kappa u+b\cdot \nabla u+f\ \mathrm{in}\ \mathbb R_+\times D,\ \…

Let $\mathcal{O}\subset\mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain of class $C^{1,1}$. In $L_2(\mathcal{O};\mathbb{C}^n)$, we consider a selfadjoint matrix second order elliptic differential operator $B_{D,\varepsilon}$, $0<\varepsilon\leqslant1$,…

We introduce a unified framework for the construction of convolutions and product formulas associated with a general class of regular and singular Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems. Our approach is based on the application of the…

In this paper we derive a strong maximum principle for weak supersolutions of nonlocal equations of the form $Iu=c(x) u$ in $\Omega$, where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a domain, $c\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$ and $I$ is an operator of the…

A survey of results on Lyapunov-type inequalities for fractional differential equations associated with a variety of boundary conditions is presented. This includes Dirichlet, mixed, Robin, fractional, Sturm-Liouville, integral, nonlocal,…

We prove a boundary Harnack inequality for nonlocal elliptic operators $L$ in non-divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients. Namely, our main result establishes that if $Lu_1=Lu_2=0$ in $\Omega\cap B_1$, $u_1=u_2=0$ in…

In this paper, we prove Wiener's criterion for parabolic equations with singular and degenerate coefficients. To be precise, we study the problem of the regularity of boundary points for the Dirichlet problem for degenerate parabolic…

We study quasilinear evolutionary partial integro-differential equations of second order which include time fractional $p$-Laplace equations of time order less than one. By means of suitable energy estimates and De Giorgi's iteration…

We consider two evolution equations involving space fractional Laplace operator of order $0<s<1$. We first establish some existence and uniqueness results for the considered evolution equations. Next, we give some comparison theorems and…

We consider a degenerate hyperbolic equation of Kirchhoff type with a small parameter epsilon in front of the second-order time-derivative. In a recent paper, under a suitable assumption on initial data, we proved decay-error estimates for…

For $d\geq 1$ and $\alpha \in (0, 2)$, consider the family of pseudo differential operators $\{\Delta+ b \Delta^{\alpha/2}; b\in [0, 1]\}$ on $\R^d$ that evolves continuously from $\Delta$ to $\Delta + \Delta^{\alpha/2}$. In this paper, we…

In this paper we deal with a strongly ill-posed second-order degenerate parabolic problem in the unbounded open set $\Omega\times {\mathcal O}\subset \mathbb R^{M+N}$, related to a linear equation with unbounded coefficients, with no…

We give full boundary extensions to two fundamental estimates in the theory of elliptic PDE, the weak Harnack inequality and the quantitative strong maximum principle, for uniformly elliptic equations in non-divergence form.

This is a study of a class of nonlocal nonlinear diffusion equations. We present a strong maximum principle for nonlocal time-dependent Dirichlet problems. Results are for bounded functions of space, rather than (semi)-continuous functions.…

In this paper we obtain new estimates of the sequential Caputo fractional derivatives of a function at its extremum points. We derive comparison principles for the linear fractional differential equations, and apply these principles to…

We establish boundary estimates for non-negative solutions to the p-parabolic equation in the degenerate range $p>2$. Our main results include new parabolic intrinsic Harnack chains in cylindrical NTA-domains together with sharp boundary…