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This paper is concerned with the Dirichlet problem for an equation involving the 1--Laplacian operator $\Delta_1 u$ and having a singular term of the type $\frac{f(x)}{u^\gamma}$. Here $f\in L^N(\Omega)$ is nonnegative, $0<\gamma\le1$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-21 De Cicco , Giachetti , Segura de Leon

We provide a suitable variational approach for a class of nonlocal problems involving the fractional laplacian and singular nonlinearities for which the standard techniques fail. As a corollary we deduce a characterization of the solutions.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Annamaria Canino , Luigi Montoro , Berardino Sciunzi

We present a numerical method for the approximation of the inverse of the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{s}$, based on its spectral definition, using rational functions to approximate the fractional power $A^{-s}$ of a matrix $A$, for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-22 José A. Carrillo , Stefano Fronzoni , Yuji Nakatsukasa , Endre Süli

In this paper, we consider an elliptic operator obtained as the superposition of a classical second-order differential operator and a nonlocal operator of fractional type. Though the methods that we develop are quite general, for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-11 Stefano Biagi , Serena Dipierro , Enrico Valdinoci , Eugenio Vecchi

Fractional diffusion has become a fundamental tool for the modeling of multiscale and heterogeneous phenomena. However, due to its nonlocal nature, its accurate numerical approximation is delicate. We survey our research program on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-08-19 Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

This paper is concerned with the study of a nonlinear problems involving the fractional p(x)-Laplacian operator. By means of the Berkovits degree theory, we prove the existence of nontrivial weak solutions for this problem. The appropriate…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-25 Mustapha Ait Hammou

In this note we investigate the nonelliptic differential expression A=-div sgn grad on a rectangular domain in the plane. The seemingly simple problem to associate a selfadjoint operator with the differential expression A in an L^2 setting…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Jussi Behrndt , David Krejcirik

In this paper we consider the existence and multiplicity of weak solutions for the following class of fractional elliptic problem \begin{equation}\label{00} \left\{\begin{aligned} (-\Delta)^{\frac{1}{2}}u + u &= Q(x)f(u)\;\;\mbox{in}\;\;\R…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Claudianor O. Alves , César E. Torres Ledesma

This survey hinges on the interplay between regularity and approximation for linear and quasi-linear fractional elliptic problems on Lipschitz domains. For the linear Dirichlet integral Laplacian, after briefly recalling H\"older regularity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-02 Juan Pablo Borthagaray , Wenbo Li , Ricardo H. Nochetto

We study a singular elliptic problem driven by a mixed local-nonlocal operator of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} -\Delta_p u + (-\Delta_q)^s u &= \frac{\lambda}{u^{\delta}} + u^r \text{ in } \Omega\newline u > 0 \text{ in }…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-13 R. Dhanya , Sarbani Pramanik

We study semilinear problems in general bounded open sets for non-local operators with exterior and boundary conditions. The operators are more general than the fractional Laplacian. We also give results in case of bounded $C^{1,1}$ open…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-02-08 Ivan Biočić , Zoran Vondraček , Vanja Wagner

In this paper, we consider the solutions for elliptic equations involving regional fractional Laplacian \begin{equation}\label{0} \arraycolsep=1pt \begin{array}{lll} \displaystyle (-\Delta)^\alpha_\Omega u=f \qquad & {\rm in}\quad…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Huyuan Chen

Finite differences, as a subclass of direct methods in the calculus of variations, consist in discretizing the objective functional using appropriate approximations for derivatives that appear in the problem. This article generalizes the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Shakoor Pooseh , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this article, the problems to be studied are the following \leqnomode \begin{equation*} \label{p} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta )_p^s u \pm \dfrac{|u|^{p-2}u}{|x|^{sp}} = \lambda f(x,u) & \quad \mbox{in }\ \Omega\\[0.3cm] u= 0 &…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Hanaa Achour , Sabri Bensid

We use a characterization of the fractional Laplacian as a Dirichlet to Neumann operator for an appropriate differential equation to study its obstacle problem. We write an equivalent characterization as a thin obstacle problem. In this way…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-03-31 Luis Caffarelli , Sandro Salsa , Luis Silvestre

We consider a one-phase free boundary problem involving a fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^\alpha$, $0<\alpha <1,$ and we prove that ``flat free boundaries" are $C^{1,\gamma}$. We thus extend the known result for the case $\alpha=1/2.$

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-01-27 Daniela De Silva , Ovidiu Savin , Yannick Sire

The study of the fractional Laplacian operator $(-\Delta)^s$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions gained enormous momentum through its identification with a Neumann operator in $\mathbb{R}^N\times (0,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Hamilton Bueno , Aldo Medeiro , Olimpio Miyagaki , Gilberto Pereira

In the study of conformal geometry, the method of elliptic partial differential equations is playing an increasingly significant role. Since the solution of the Yamabe problem, a family of conformally covariant operators (for definition,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sun-Yung Alice Chang , Paul C. Yang

Differential operators are widely used in geometry processing for problem domains like spectral shape analysis, data interpolation, parametrization and mapping, and meshing. In addition to the ubiquitous cotangent Laplacian, anisotropic…

Graphics · Computer Science 2021-06-29 David R. Palmer , Oded Stein , Justin Solomon

In multi-phase fluid flow, fluid-structure interaction, and other applications, partial differential equations (PDEs) often arise with discontinuous coefficients and singular sources (e.g., Dirac delta functions). These complexities arise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-24 Chung-Nan Tzou , Samuel Stechmann