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Given a bounded symmetric domain $D$ in $\mathbb C^n$, we consider the Clark measures $\mu_\alpha$, $\alpha\in \mathbb T$, associated with a rational inner function $\varphi$ from $D$ into the unit disc in $\mathbb C$. We show that…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ be a smooth bounded domain with $0\in\partial\Omega$. In this paper, we prove that for any $\beta\in(0,1)$, the supremum $$\sup_{u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega), \int_\Omega u dx=0, \int_\Omega|\nabla…

We study the maximal number $0\le h\le+\infty$ for a given plane domain $\Omega$ such that $f\in H^p$ whenever $p<h$ and $f$ is analytic in the unit disk with values in $\Omega.$ One of our main contributions is an estimate of $h$ for…

In this paper we study the optimization problem $$\mu^\star(\Omega):=\inf_{u\in \semi}\frac{\into |\n u|^2 \dx}{\into V u^2 \dx}$$ in a suitable functional space $\semi$. Here, $V$ is the multi-singular potential given by $$V:=\sum_{1\leq…

We derive a decomposition result for regular, two-dimensional domains into John domains with uniform constants. We prove that for every simply connected domain $\Omega \subset {\Bbb R}^2$ with $C^1$-boundary there is a corresponding…

For a bounded open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ with $N\geq 2$, and for positive continuous functions $w,g$ on $\overline{\Omega}$, we consider the weighted eigenvalue problem \begin{equation*} \mathcal{L}_{w} u =\tau gu,…

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…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth oriented bounded domain in $\mathbb R^4$, $H_0^2(\Omega)$ be the Sobolev space, and $\lambda_1(\Omega)= \inf \{\|\Delta u\|_2^2 : u\in H_0^2(\Omega), \|u\|_2 =1\}$ be the first eigenvalue of the bi-Laplacian…

Given an open subset $\Omega$ of a Banach space and a Lipschitz function $u_0: \overline{\Omega} \to \mathbb{R},$ we study whether it is possible to approximate $u_0$ uniformly on $\Omega$ by $C^k$-smooth Lipschitz functions which coincide…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^d$ be a $C^1$ domain or, more generally, a Lipschitz domain with small Lipschitz constant and $A(x)$ be a $d \times d$ uniformly elliptic, symmetric matrix with Lipschitz coefficients. Assume $u$ is harmonic in…

In this paper we consider the minimization of the functional \[ J[u]:=\int_\Omega |\Delta u|^2+\chi_{\{u>0\}} \] in the admissible class of functions \[ \mathcal A:= \left\{u\in W^{2, 2}(\Omega) {\mbox{ s.t. }} u-u_0\in W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)…

Let $(u_\varepsilon)$ be a family of solutions of the Ginzburg--Landau equation with boundary condition $u_\varepsilon = g$ on $\partial \Omega$ and of degree $0$. Let $u_0$ denote the harmonic map satisfying $u_0 = g$ on $\partial \Omega$.…

Let $\Omega$ be a regular Koenigs domain in the complex plane $\mathbb{C}$. We prove that the Hardy number of $\Omega$ is greater or equal to $1/2$. That is, every holomorphic function in the unit disc $f \colon \mathbb{D} \to \Omega$…

We study the boundary value problem $-{\rm div}((|\nabla u|^{p_1(x)-2}+|\nabla u|^{p_2(x)-2})\nabla u)=\lambda|u|^{q(x)-2}u$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\RR^N$ with smooth boundary,…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a convex domain and let $f:\Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a positive, subharmonic function (i.e. $\Delta f \geq 0$). Then $$ \frac{1}{|\Omega|} \int_{\Omega}{f dx} \leq \frac{c_n}{ |\partial \Omega| }…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^2$ be a chord arc domain. We give a simple proof of the the following fact, which is commonly known to be true: a nontrivial harmonic function which vanishes continuously on a relatively open set of the boundary…

In this paper we study the following torsion problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=1~&\mbox{in}\ \Omega,\\[1mm] u=0~&\mbox{on}\ \partial\Omega. \end{cases} \end{equation*} Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be a bounded, convex…

If $\Omega \subset \R^n$ is a smooth bounded domain and $q \in (0, \frac{n}{n-1})$ we consider the Poincare-Sobolev inequality \[ c \Bigl(\int_{\Omega} \abs{u}^\frac{n}{n-1}\Bigr)^{1-\frac{1}{n}} \le \int_{\Omega} \abs{Du}, \] for every $u…

Let $\mu>0$ be a fixed constant, and we prove that minimizers to the following energy functional \begin{align*} E_f(u,\Omega):=\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2+\mu P(\Omega) \end{align*}exist among pairs $(\Omega,u)$ such that $\Omega$ is an…

Let $\mathbb{B}$ be the unit disc in $\mathbb{R}^2$, $\mathscr{H}$ be the completion of $C_0^\infty(\mathbb{B})$ under the norm $$\|u\|_{\mathscr{H}}=\left(\int_\mathbb{B}|\nabla…