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We shall prove a multiplicity result for semilinear elliptic problems with a super-critical nonlinearity of the form, \begin{equation}\label{con-c} \left \{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u =|u|^{p-2} u+\mu |u|^{q-2}u, & x \in \Omega\\ u=0, & x…
This paper investigates the geometric constraints imposed on a domain by overdetermined problems for partial differential equations. Serrin's symmetry results are extended to overdetermined problems with potentially degenerate ellipticity…
In this paper, we consider an elliptic operator obtained as the superposition of a classical second-order differential operator and a nonlocal operator of fractional type. Though the methods that we develop are quite general, for…
Consider a Hamiltonian system of type \[ -\Delta u=H_{v}(u,v),\ -\Delta v=H_{u}(u,v) \ \ \text{ in } \Omega, \qquad u,v=0 \text{ on } \partial \Omega \] where $H$ is a power-type nonlinearity, for instance $H(u,v)= |u|^p/p+|v|^q/q$, having…
We consider semilinear elliptic second-order partial differential inequalities of the form Lu +|u|q-1u < and = Lv +|v|q-1v (*) in the whole space Rn, where n > and = 2, q > 0 and L is a linear elliptic second-order partial differential…
We study the existence of solutions to the fractional elliptic equation (E1) $(-\Delta)^\alpha u+\epsilon g(|\nabla u|)=\nu $ in a bounded regular domain $\Omega$ of $\R^N (N\ge2)$, subject to the condition (E2) $u=0$ in $\Omega^c$, where…
We consider positive solutions to a singular semilinear elliptic equation in bounded smooth domains, with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. We provide some weak and strong maximum principles for the H^1_0 part of the solution that allow…
For a domain $\Omega$ contained in a hemisphere of the $n$-dimensional sphere $\SS^n$ we prove the optimal result $\lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega) \le \lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega^{\star})$ for the ratio of its first two Dirichlet eigenvalues…
We prove the existence of solutions $u$ in $H^1(\mathbb{R}^N,\mathbb{R}^M)$ of the following strongly coupled semilinear system of second order elliptic PDEs on $\mathbb{R}^N$ \[ \mathcal{P}[u] = f(x,u,\nabla u), \quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N, \]…
This article establishes the boundary H\"{o}lder continuity of stable solutions to semilinear elliptic problems in the optimal range of dimensions $n \leq 9$, for $C^{1,1}$ domains. We consider equations $- L u = f(u)$ in a bounded…
We consider nonconforming methods for symmetric elliptic problems and characterize their quasi-optimality in terms of suitable notions of stability and consistency. The quasi-optimality constant is determined and the possible impact of…
In this paper we prove a H\"older partial regularity result for weak solutions $u:\Omega\to \mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$, to non-autonomous elliptic systems with general growth of the type: \begin{equation*} -\rm{div}\, a(x, u, Du)= b(x, u, Du)…
For a family of second-order elliptic systems of Maxwell's type with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients in a $C^{1, \alpha}$ domain $\Omega$, we establish uniform estimates of solutions $u_\varep$ and $\nabla \times u_\varep$ in…
This paper is concerned with the study of multiple positive solutions to the following elliptic problem involving a nonhomogeneous operator with nonstandard growth of $p$-$q$ type and singular nonlinearities \begin{equation*} \left\{…
In this paper, we study a second-order, nonlinear evolution equation with damping arising in elastodynamics. The nonlinear term is monotone and possesses a convex potential but exhibits anisotropic and nonpolynomial growth. The appropriate…
We study parameterized elliptic systems on symmetric domains with additional system symmetries. We prove the existence of continua of nontrivial solutions bifurcating from the constant branch determined by a critical point of the potential,…
We study both existence and nonexistence of nonnegative solutions for nonlinear elliptic problems with singular lower order terms that have natural growth with respect to the gradient, whose model is $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u +…
The aim of this paper is to study the singular solutions to fractional elliptic equations with absorption $$ \left\{\arraycolsep=1pt \begin{array}{lll} (-\Delta)^\alpha u+|u|^{p-1}u=0,\quad & \rm{in}\quad\Omega\setminus\{0\},\\[2mm]…
We study stable solutions of the following nonlinear system $$ -\Delta u = H(u) \quad \text{in} \ \ \Omega$$ where $u:\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R^m$, $H:\mathbb R^m\to \mathbb R^m$ and $\Omega$ is a domain in $\mathbb R^n$. We introduce the…
We obtain pointwise estimates for solutions of semilinear parabolic equations with a potential on connected domains both of $\mathbb R^n$ and of general Riemannian manifolds.