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Let $D$ be an bounded region in ${\bf R}^n$. The regularity of solutions of a family of quasilinear elliptic partial differential equations is studied, one example being $\Delta_nu=Vu^{n-1}$. The coefficients are assumed to be in the space…

In this paper we study the free boundary regularity for almost-minimizers of the functional \begin{equation*} J(u)=\int_{\mathcal O} |\nabla u(x)|^2 +q^2_+(x)\chi_{\{u>0\}}(x) +q^2_-(x)\chi_{\{u<0\}}(x)\ dx \end{equation*} where $q_\pm \in…

We prove the existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to the steady isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations with inflow boundary conditions for density and mixed boundary conditions for the velocity around a shear flow. In…

Solutions to the wave equation on de Sitter-Schwarzschild space with smooth initial data on a Cauchy surface are shown to decay exponentially to a constant at temporal infinity, with corresponding uniform decay on the appropriately…

In this paper, we consider the initial-boundary value problems of the compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity on two dimensional solid balls which was first introduced by Kazhikhov where shear…

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We study the inverse problem in Optical Tomography of determining the optical properties of a medium $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$, with $n\geq 3$, under the so-called diffusion approximation. We consider the time-harmonic case where $\Omega$…

We show that the standard partition of unity subordinate to an open cover of a metric space has Lipschitz constant $\max(1,M-1)/\mathcal{L}$, where $\mathcal{L}$ is the Lebesgue number and $M$ is the multiplicity of the cover. If the metric…

Consider the anisotropic porous medium equation, $u_t=\sum\limits_{i=1}^n(u^{m_i})_{x_ix_i},$ where $m_i>0, (i=1,2,...,n)$ satisfying $\min\limits_{1\le i\le n}\{m_i\}\le 1,$ $\sum\limits_{i=1}^nm_i>n-2,$ and $\max\limits_{1\le i\le…

In this article, we study Lions' density patch problem in two space dimensions at critical regularity. We prove global existence, uniqueness, and stability for a fluid occupying a bounded Lipschitz region surrounded by vacuum and evolving…

We consider the exterior Dirichlet problem for the heterogeneous Helmholtz equation, i.e. the equation $\nabla\cdot(A \nabla u ) + k^2 n u =-f$ where both $A$ and $n$ are functions of position. We prove new a priori bounds on the solution…

This paper is devoted to the study of free-boundary-value problem of the compressible Naiver-Stokes system with density-dependent viscosities $\mu=const>0,\lambda=\rho^\beta$ which was first introduced by Vaigant-Kazhikhov \cite{1995…

We consider the Dirichlet boundary value problem for divergence form elliptic operators with bounded measurable coefficients. We prove that for uniform domains with Ahlfors regular boundary, the BMO solvability of such problems is…

We consider the vanishing viscosity problem for solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations with Navier boundary conditions in the half-space. We lower the currently known conormal regularity needed to establish that the inviscid limit holds.…

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In this paper, we investigate the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to 2D incompressible inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations with viscous coefficient depending on the density and with initial density being discontinuous…

We prove a priori H\"older bounds for continuous solutions to degenerate equations with variable coefficients of type $$ \mathrm{div}\left(u^2 A\nabla w\right)=0\quad\mathrm{in \ }\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n,\qquad \mbox{with}\qquad…

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We establish the existence of positive solutions to a general class of overdetermined semilinear elliptic boundary problems on suitable bounded open sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$. Specifically, for $n\leq 4$ and under mild technical…