Related papers: An existence result
We prove nonexistence of nonconstant local minimizers for a class of functionals, which typically appears in the scalar two-phase field model, over a smooth N-dimensional Riemannian manifold without boundary with non-negative Ricci…
Using a mixture of classical and probabilistic techniques we investigate the convexity of solutions to the elliptic pde associated with a certain generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.
On any closed Riemannian manifold of dimension greater than $7$, we construct examples of background physical coefficients for which the Einstein-Lichnerowicz equation possesses a non-compact set of positive solutions. This yields in…
Given $\epsilon \in (0,1)$ and $\lambda > 1$, we address the existence of solutions for the Sinh-Poisson equation with Robin boundary value condition $$ \begin{cases} \Delta u+\epsilon^2 (e^{u} - e^{-u})=0 &\mbox{in }\Omega\\ \frac{\partial…
We prove existence and multiplicity results for finite energy solutions to the nonlinear elliptic equation \[ -\triangle u+V\left( \left| x\right| \right) u=g\left( \left| x\right| ,u\right) \quad \textrm{in }\Omega \subseteq…
We consider the following problem $$(P) \begin{cases} -\Delta_{p}u= c(x)|u|^{q-1}u+\mu |\nabla u|^{p}+h(x) & \ \ \mbox{ in }\Omega, u=0 & \ \ \mbox{ on } \partial\Omega, \end{cases}$$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded set in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$…
We give blow-up behavior for solutions to an elliptic system with Dirichlet condition, and, weight and boundary singularity. Also, we have a compactness result for this elliptic system with regular H{\"o}lderian weight and boundary…
We show a global existence result for a doubly nonlinear porous medium type equation of the form $$u_t = \Delta_p u^m +\, u^q$$ on a complete and non-compact Riemannian manifold $M$ of infinite volume. Here, for $1<p<N$, we assume…
We prove that under certain conditions on the mean curvature and on the Kaehler angles, a compact submanifold M of real dimension 2n, immersed into a Kaehler-Einstein manifold N of complex dimension 2n, must be either a complex or a…
We consider planar solutions to certain quasilinear elliptic equations subject to the Dirichlet boundary conditions; the boundary data is assumed to have finite number of relative maximum and minimum values. We are interested in certain…
For a class of one-dimensional linear elliptic fourth-order equations with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions it is shown that a non-positive and non-vanishing right-hand side gives rise to a negative solution. A similar result is…
Using Bochner techniques, we prove that a compact Einstein manifold of dimension $n \ge 4$ has constant curvature provided that the curvature operator of the second kind satisfies a cone condition that is strictly weaker than nonnegativity.…
We prove compactness of solutions to some fourth order equations with exponential nonlinearities on four manifolds. The proof is based on a refined bubbling analysis, for which the main estimates are given in integral form. Our result is…
We show that, by sampling a sufficiently large number of random points in a neighborhood of a compact submanifold M of a Riemannian manifold N, one can recover the topology of M with high confidence. This holds under the assumptions on the…
Let $(M, g)$ be a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. The Yamabe problem concerning the existence of a metric conformally equivalent to $g$ having constant scalar curvature on $M$ and constant mean curvature on its boundary is…
We establish a lower bound for the number of sign changing solutions with precisely two nodal domains to the singularly perturbed nonlinear elliptic equation -{\epsilon}^{2}{\Delta}_{g}u+u=|u|^{p-2}u on an n-dimensional Riemannian manifold…
We consider in this paper elliptic equations which are perturbations of Laplace's equation by a compactly supported potential. We show that in dimension greater than three for a wide class of potentials all the solutions are globally…
We investigate the blow-up behavior of sequences of sign-changing solutions for the Yamabe equation on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of positive Yamabe type. For each dimension $n\ge11$, we describe the value of the minimal energy threshold…
We consider the problem -{\epsilon}^2\Delta_gu+u = |u|^{p-2}u in M, where (M,g) is a symmetric Riemannian manifold. We give a multiplicity result for antisymmetric changing sign solutions.
The existence and multiplicity of solutions to a quasilinear, elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with singular non-linearity is analyzed. The PDE is a recently derived variant of a canonical model used in the modeling of…