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We analyze nonnegative solutions of the nonlinear elliptic problem $\Delta u=\frac{\lambda f(x)}{u^2}+P$, where $\lambda>0$ and $P\geq0$, on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ ($N\geq 1$) with a Dirichlet boundary condition. This…

We consider non-linear evolution equations arising from mean-field limits of particle systems on discrete spaces. We investigate a notion of curvature bounds for these dynamics based on convexity of the free energy along interpolations in a…

Based on a combination of insights afforded by Rainer Picard and Serge Nicaise, we extend a set of abstract piezo-electromagnetic impedance boundary conditions. We achieve this by accommodating for the influence of heat with the inclusion…

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem for a class of parabolic-elliptic type chemotaxis model in high dimensional symmetry domain \Omega. By using the contraction mapping principle and operator semigroup approach, we establish the…

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