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We provide new results on the existence of nonzero positive weak solutions for a class of second order elliptic systems. Our approach relies on a combined use of iterative techniques and classical fixed point index. Some examples are…
We present a determinant expression for a family of classical transcendental solutions of the Painlev\'e V and the Painlev\'e VI equation. Degeneration of these solutions along the process of coalescence for the Painlev\'e equations is…
We classify entire positive singular solutions to a family of critical sixth order equations in the punctured space with a non-removable singularity at the origin. More precisely, we show that when the origin is a non-removable singularity,…
An ergodic study of Painleve VI is developed. The chaotic nature of its Poincare return map is established for almost all loops. The exponential growth of the numbers of periodic solutions is also shown. Principal ingredients of the…
We prove that some holomorphic functions on the moduli space of tori have only simple zeros. Instead of computing the derivative with respect to the moduli parameter $\tau$, we introduce a conceptual proof by applying Painlev\'{e} VI\…
We study the sixth $q$-difference Painlev\'e equation ($q{\textrm{P}_{\textrm{VI}}}$) through its associated Riemann-Hilbert problem (RHP) and show that the RHP is always solvable for irreducible monodromy data. This enables us to identify…
We describe all finite orbits of an action of the extended modular group $\bar{\Lambda}$ on conjugacy classes of SL(2,C)-triples. The result is used to classify all algebraic solutions of the general Painleve VI equation up to parameter…
We give a complete characterization of all eternal solutions $b(x,t)$ of the KPZ fixed point satisfying the asymptotic slope condition $\lim_{|x| \to \infty} \frac{b(x,0)}{x} = 2\xi$. For fixed $\xi$, there is exactly one eternal solution…
We study critical behaviour and connection problem for a Painleve' 6 equation. We construct solutions of WDVV eqs. using the isomonodromic deformation method and the Painleve' equations. We find algebraic solutions of WDVV and Gromov-Witten…
We study the solutions of the second Painlev\'e equation in the space of initial conditions first constructed by Okamoto, in the limit as the independent variable, x, goes to infinity. Simultaneously, we study solutions of the related…
In this paper, the existence of positive solutions for a nonlinear fourth-order two-point boundary value problem with integral condition is investigated. By using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem on cones, sufficient conditions for the…
An ultradiscrete system corresponding to the $q$-Painlev\'e equation of type $A_6^{(1)}$, which is a $q$-difference analogue of the second Painlev\'e equation, is proposed. Exact solutions with two parameters are constructed for the…
We study the existence of positive solutions on the half-line of a second order ordinary differential equation subject to functional boundary conditions. Our approach relies on a combination between the fixed point index for operators on…
We show that there exists an entire function which has neither fixed points nor invariant Baker domains. The question whether such a function exists was raised by Buff.
Given the second order scalar Lax pair of the sixth Painlev\'e equation, we build a generalized heat equation with rational coefficients which does not depend any more on the Painlev\'e variable. \'Etant donn\'e la paire de Lax scalaire de…
We solve the metrisability problem for the six Painlev\'e equations, and more generally for all 2nd order ODEs with Painlev\'e property, and determine for which of these equations their integral curves are geodesics of a (pseudo) Riemannian…
We consider solutions of a discrete Painlev\'e equation arising from a construction of quantum minimal surfaces by Arnlind, Hoppe and Kontsevich, and in earlier work of Cornalba and Taylor on static membranes. While the discrete equation…
We consider a family of solutions to the Painlev\'e II equation $$ u''(x)=2u^3(x)+xu(x)-\alpha \qquad \textrm{with } \a \in \mathbb{R} \cut \{0\}, $$ which have infinitely many poles on $(-\infty, 0)$. Using Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest…
We consider a class of particular solutions to the (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) $u_t +\partial_{x_2}^n u_{x_1} - u_{x_1} u =0$ (here $n$ is any integer) reducing it to the ordinary differential equation…
We prove some general results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the Liouville equation. Then, we discuss the sharpness and possible generalizations. Finally, we give several applications, arising in both mathematics and…