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We study a fractional analogue of a plasma problem arising from physics. Specifically, for a fixed bounded domain $\Omega$ we study solutions to the eigenfunction equation \[ (- \Delta)^s u = \lambda(u- \gamma)_+ \] with $u \equiv 0$ on…
Using continuation methods, we study the global solution structure of periodic solutions for a class of periodically forced equations, generalizing the case of relativistic pendulum. We obtain results on the existence and multiplicity of…
A new boundary value problem for partial differential equations is discussed. We consider an arbitrary solution of an elliptic or parabolic equation in a given domain and no boundary conditions are assumed. We study which restrictions the…
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In this paper, we study the boundary value problem of the classical semilinear parabolic equations $$ u_t-\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u, \ \ in \ \ \Omega\times (0,T) $$ and $u=0$ on the boundary $\partial\Omega\times [0,T)$ and $u=\phi$ at $t=0$,…
The purpose of this paper is to give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence and non-existence of global solutions of the following semilinear parabolic equations \[ u_{t}=\Delta u+\psi(t)f(u),\,\,\mbox{ in }\Omega\times…
We classify nontrivial, nonnegative, positively homogeneous solutions of the equation \begin{equation*} \Delta u=\gamma u^{\gamma-1} \end{equation*} in the plane. The problem is motivated by the analysis of the classical Alt-Phillips free…
For $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ a smooth and bounded domain, we derive a sharp universal energy estimate for non-negative solutions of free boundary problems on $\Omega$ arising in plasma physics. As a consequence, we are able to deduce…
Motivated by the study of branching particle systems with selection, we establish global existence for the solution $(u,\mu)$ of the free boundary problem \[ \begin{cases} \partial_t u =\partial^2_{x} u +u & \text{for $t>0$ and…
We obtain necessary and sufficient existence conditions for solutions of the boundary value problem $$ \Delta_p u = f \quad \mbox{on } M, \quad \left. \left| \nabla u \right|^{p - 2} \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} \right|_{ \partial M } =…
We consider relativistic plasma particles subjected to an external gravitation force in a $3$D half space whose boundary is a perfect conductor. When the mean free path is much bigger than the variation of electromagnetic fields, the…
An exact analytic solution is obtained for a uniformly expanding, neutral, infinitely conducting plasma sphere in an external dipole magnetic field. The electrodynamical aspects related to the radiation and transformation of energy were…
For any $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ smooth and bounded domain, we prove uniqueness of positive solutions of free boundary problems arising in plasma physics on $\Omega$ in a neat interval depending only by the best constant of the Sobolev…
Motivated by the numerical investigation by Aoki et al. [1], we study a rarefied gas flow between two parallel infinite plates of the same temperature governed by the Boltzmann equation with diffuse reflection boundaries, where one plate is…
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In this paper, we study the existence of nontrivial solutions of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the following elliptic system: \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\Delta u & = au + bv + f(x,u,v); &\quad\mbox{ for…
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