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Consider $J(\Omega):= \|\nabla u_\Omega\|_\infty/\sqrt{|\Omega|} $ and $J_P(\Omega):= \|\nabla u_\Omega\|_\infty/P(\Omega) $, where $\Omega$ is a planar convex domain, $u_\Omega$ is the torsion function, $P(\Omega)$ is the perimeter of…

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Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$ and let $m$ be a possibly discontinuous and unbounded function that changes sign in $\Omega$. Let $f:\left[ 0,\infty\right) \rightarrow\left[ 0,\infty\right) $ be a continuous…

We consider a system of weakly coupled singularly perturbed semilinear elliptic equations. First, we obtain a Lipschitz regularity result for the associated ground energy function $\Sigma$ as well as representation formulas for the left and…

We study exact solutions of nonlinear electrodynamics coupled to three-dimensional gravity with torsion. We show that in any static and spherically symmetric configuration, at least one component of the electromagnetic field has to vanish.…

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We present a unified framework to study threshold functions for the existence of solutions to linear systems of equations in random sets which includes arithmetic progressions, sum-free sets, $B_{h}[g]$-sets and Hilbert cubes. In…

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