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We consider a family $\{\Omega^\varepsilon\}_{\varepsilon>0}$ of periodic domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with waveguide geometry and analyse spectral properties of the Neumann Laplacian $-\Delta_{\Omega^\varepsilon}$ on $\Omega^\varepsilon$. The…

The aim of this paper is to prove the existence of multiple solutions for a family of nonlinear elliptic systems in divergence form coupled with a pointwise gradient constraint: \begin{align*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll}…

The classical Serrin's overdetermined theorem states that a $C^2$ bounded domain, which admits a function with constant Laplacian that satisfies both constant Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions, must necessarily be a ball. While…

In this paper, we address the solvability of the critical Lane-Emden system \[\begin{cases} -\Delta u=|v|^{p-1}v &\mbox{in } \Omega_\epsilon,\\ -\Delta v=|u|^{q-1}u &\mbox{in } \Omega_\epsilon,\\ u=v=0 &\mbox{on } \partial \Omega_\epsilon,…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with $C^{1}$ boundary and let $u_\lambda$ be a Dirichlet Laplace eigenfunction in $\Omega$ with eigenvalue $\lambda$. We show that the $(n-1)$-dimensional Hausdorff measure of the zero set…

We consider the problem $$(P_\eps)\qquad \Delta u +\lambda {e^{u}\over\int\limits_{\Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps)}e^u}=0\ \hbox{in}\ \Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps),\quad u =0\ \hbox{on}\ \partial\(\Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps)\), $$ where $\Omega$…

In this short note we consider an unconventional overdetermined problem for the torsion function: let $n\geq 2$ and $\Omega$ be a bounded open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ whose torsion function $u$ (i.e. the solution to $\Delta u=-1$ in $\Omega$,…

In this paper we consider a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \R^N$ and a parametric family of radially symmetric kernels $K_\epsilon: \R^N \to \R_+$ such that, for each $\epsilon \in (0,1)$, its $L^1-$norm is finite but it blows up as…

In this work we study the existence of nodal solutions for the problem $$ -\Delta u = \lambda u e^{u^2+|u|^p} \text{ in }\Omega, \; u = 0 \text{ on }\partial \Omega, $$ where $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb R^2$ is a bounded smooth domain and…

Given a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$, we study the following anisotropic elliptic problem $$ \begin{cases} -\nabla\big(a(x)\nabla \upsilon\big)= a(x)\big[e^{\upsilon}-s\phi_1-4\pi\alpha\delta_q-h(x)\big]\,\,\,\,…

We study the boundary value problem $-{\rm div}(\log(1+ |\nabla u|^q)|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)=f(u)$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\RR^N$ with smooth boundary. We distinguish the cases where…

Let $N\geq 1$ and $s\in (0,1)$. In the present work we characterize bounded open sets $\Omega$ with $ C^2$ boundary (\textit{not necessarily connected}) for which the following overdetermined problem \begin{equation*} ( -\Delta)^s u = f(u)…

For the $\bar\partial$-Neumann problem on a regular coordinate domain $\Omega\subset \C^{n+1}$, we prove $\epsilon$-subelliptic estimates for an index $\epsilon$ which is in some cases better than $\epsilon=\frac1{2m}$ ($m$ being the {\it…

The Aviles Giga functional is a well known second order functional that forms a model for blistering and in a certain regime liquid crystals, a related functional models thin magnetized films. Given Lipschitz domain $\Omega\subset R^2$ the…

We consider the supercritical problem \[ -\Delta v=|v|^{p-2}v in \Theta_{\epsilon}, v=0 on \partial\Theta_{\epsilon}, \] where $\Theta$ is a bounded smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $N\geq3$, $p>2^{\ast}:=2N/(N-2)$, and…

We study positive solutions of the following semilinear equation $$\varepsilon^2\Delta_{\bar g} u - V(z) u+ u^{p} =0\,\hbox{ on }\,M, $$ where $(M, \bar g )$ is a compact smooth $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold without boundary or the…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded simply connected domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We investigate the existence of critical points of the energy $E_\varepsilon (u)=1/2\int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2+1/(4\varepsilon^2)\int_\Omega (1-|u|^2)^2$, where the…

Rugang Ye proved the existence of a family of constant mean curvature hypersurfaces in an $m+1$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $(M^{m+1},g)$, which concentrate at a point $p_0$ (which is required to be a nondegenerate critical point of the…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a domain, $\Gamma$ be a hyperplane intersecting it. Let $\varepsilon>0$, and $\Omega_\varepsilon=\Omega\setminus\overline{\Sigma_\varepsilon}$, where $\Sigma_\varepsilon$ ("sieve") is an…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N+1}$ with a connected $C^{2,\epsilon}$ ($\epsilon\in(0,1)$) boundary. We show that, if the following overdetermined elliptic problem \begin{equation} -\Delta u=\alpha u\,\,…