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In this manuscript, we study the nonlinear eigenvalue problem on complete Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below, to find the unknowns $\lambda$ and $u$, such that $$ Qu + \lambda f(u) = 0 $$ where $\lambda$ is an…

In this paper, we consider the properties of a special free boundary point in the following obstacle problem: The Laplacian of u equals f(x) multiplied by the characteristic function of the set where u is positive within the two-dimensional…

Let $f$ be a continuous and non-decreasing function such that $f>0$ on $(0,\infty)$, $f(0)=0$, $\sup \_{s\geq 1}f(s)/s< \infty$ and let $p$ be a non-negative continuous function. We study the existence and nonexistence of explosive…

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p dx$ with a constrain on the volume of $\{u>0\}$. We consider a penalization problem, and we prove that for small values of the penalization parameter, the…

We consider the following problem $ -\Delta_{p}u= h(x,u) \mbox{ in }\Omega$, $u\in W^{1,p}_{0}(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $1<p<N$, with a smooth boundary. In this paper we assume that…

This paper deals with unbounded solutions to the following zero--flux chemotaxis system \begin{equation}\label{ProblemAbstract} \tag{$\Diamond$} \begin{cases} % about u u_t=\nabla \cdot [(u+\alpha)^{m_1-1} \nabla u-\chi u(u+\alpha)^{m_2-2}…

In this paper, we are interested in the analysis of a well-known free boundary/shape optimization problem motivated by some issues arising in population dynamics. The question is to determine optimal spatial arrangements of favorable and…

We consider the Hamiltonian system with Neumann boundary conditions: \[ -\Delta u + \mu u=v^{q }, \quad -\Delta v+ \mu v=u^{p} \quad \text{ in $\Omega$}, \qquad u, v >0 \quad \text{ in $\Omega$,} \qquad \partial_\nu u= \partial_\nu v=0…

A free boundary problem for the dynamics of a glasslike binary fluid naturally leads to a singular perturbation problem for a strongly degenerate parabolic partial differential equation in 1D. We present a conjecture for an asymptotic…

This paper addresses the following problem. \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{array}{lr} -{\Delta}u=\lambda I_\alpha*_\Omega u+|u|^{2^*-2}u\mbox{ in }\Omega ,\nonumber u\in H_0^1(\Omega).\nonumber \end{array} \right. \end{equation} Here,…

We consider the nonlinear Poisson equation $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions on $\partial \Omega$. We show (for monotonically increasing concave $f$ with small Lipschitz constant)…

In this paper, we consider a double-phase problem characterised by a transmission that takes place across the zero level "surface" of the minimiser of the functional $$ J(v,\Omega) = \int_\Omega \left( |D v^+|^p + |D v^-|^q \right) dx. $$…

According to a model of the turbulent boundary layer proposed by the authors, in the absence of external turbulence the intermediate region between the viscous sublayer and the external flow consists of two sharply separated self-similar…

This paper is devoted to a complete characterization of the free boundary of all solutions to the following spectral $k$-partition problem with measure and inclusion constraints: \[ \inf \left\{\sum_{i=1}^k \lambda_1(\omega_i)\; : \;…

In this paper, we study a class of eigenvalue problems involving both local as well as nonlocal operators, precisely the classical Laplace operator and the fractional Laplace operator in the presence of mixed boundary conditions, that is…

In this work we study the existence of nodal solutions for the problem $$ -\Delta u = \lambda u e^{u^2+|u|^p} \text{ in }\Omega, \; u = 0 \text{ on }\partial \Omega, $$ where $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb R^2$ is a bounded smooth domain and…

We consider a minimization problem that combines the Dirichlet energy with the nonlocal perimeter of a level set, namely $$ \int_\Om |\nabla u(x)|^2\,dx+\Per\Big(\{u > 0\},\Om \Big),$$ with $\sigma\in(0,1)$. We obtain regularity results for…

We consider the "thin one-phase" free boundary problem, associated to minimizing a weighted Dirichlet energy of the function in $\mathbb R^{n+1}_+$ plus the area of the positivity set of that function in $\mathbb R^n$. We establish full…

A free boundary problem arising from the optimal reinforcement of a membrane or from the reduction of traffic congestion is considered; it is of the form $$\sup_{\int_D\theta\,dx=m}\ \inf_{u\in H^1_0(D)}\int_D\Big(\frac{1+\theta}{2}|\nabla…

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\mathbb{R}^n}|\nabla u|^2\,\mathrm{d}x$ with double obstacles $\phi\leq u\leq\psi$ a.e. in $D$ and a constraint on the volume of $\{u>0\}\setminus\overline{D}$, where…