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We show the existence of exponentially growing finite energy solutions for the charged Klein-Gordon equation on the De Sitter-Kerr-Newman metric for small charge and mass of the field and small angular momentum of the black hole. The…
We study entire bounded solutions to the equation $\Delta u - u + u^3 = 0$ in $\mathbb R^2$. Our approach is purely variational and is based on concentration arguments and symmetry considerations. This method allows us to construct in a…
We consider here solutions of the nonlinear fractional Schr\"odinger equation $$\epsilon^{2s}(-\Delta)^s u+V(x)u=u^p.$$ We show that concentration points must be critical points for $V$. We also prove that, if the potential $V$ is coercive…
We consider the following singularly perturbed Kirchhoff type equations $$-\varepsilon^2 M\left(\varepsilon^{2-N}\int_{\R^N}|\nabla u|^2 dx\right)\Delta u +V(x)u=|u|^{p-2}u~\hbox{in}~\R^N, u\in H^1(\R^N),N\geq 1,$$ where $M\in…
Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain. In this paper, we prove a result of which the following is a by-product: Let $q\in ]0,1[$, $\alpha\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, with $\alpha>0$, and $k\in {\bf N}$. Then, the problem…
We study the nonlocal equation $$-\varepsilon^2 \Delta u_\varepsilon + V u_\varepsilon = \varepsilon^{-\alpha} \bigl(I_\alpha \ast \lvert u_\varepsilon\rvert^p\bigr) \lvert u_\varepsilon \rvert^{p - 2} u_\varepsilon\quad\text{in…
We study dynamics near the threshold for blowup in the focusing nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation $u_{tt}-u_{xx} + u - |u|^{2\alpha} u =0$ on the line. Using mixed numerical and analytical methods we find that solutions starting from even…
Exploring the concept of the extended Galilei group G. Representations for field theories in a symplectic manifold have been derived in association with the method of the Wigner function. The representation is written in the light-cone of a…
In this paper we study the following nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with magnetic field \[ \Big(\frac{\varepsilon}{i}\nabla-A(x)\Big)^{2}u+V(x)u=f(| u|^{2})u,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^{2}, \] where $\varepsilon>0$ is a parameter,…
In this paper we study a Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian, namely \begin{equation}\left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} \varepsilon^{2s}(- \Delta)^{s}u + u &=& f(u) \ \ &\mbox{in} \ \ \Omega \\ \mathcal{N}_{s}u &=& 0 , \,\, &\text{in}…
The incompressible Euler equations on a compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ take the form \begin{align*} \partial_t u + \nabla_u u &= - \mathrm{grad}_g p \\ \mathrm{div}_g u &= 0, \end{align*} where $u: [0,T] \to \Gamma(T M)$ is the…
We study the triviality of the solutions of weighted superlinear heat equations on Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci tensor. We prove a Liouville--type theorem for solutions bounded from below with nonnegative initial data, under…
In this work, we study the following Kirchhoff equation $$\begin{cases}-\left(\varepsilon^2 a+\varepsilon b\int_{\mathbb R^3}|\nabla u|^2\right)\Delta u +u =Q(x)u^{q-1},\quad u>0,\quad x\in {\mathbb{R}^{3}},\\u\to 0,\quad \text{as}\ |x|\to…
We develop a min-max theory for the area functional in the class of locally wedge-shaped manifolds. Roughly speaking, a locally wedge-shaped manifold is a Riemannian manifold that is allowed to have both boundary and certain types of edges.…
The structure of finite energy non-monopole solutions with azimuthal magnetic flux of topological origin is studied in the pure bosonic sector of the Weinberg-Salam model. Applying a variational method we have found simple magnetic field…
We consider the Lane-Emden Dirichlet problem -\Delta u = \abs{u}^{p-1}u, in B, u =0, on \partial B, where $p>1$ and $B$ denotes the unit ball in $\IR^2$. We study the asymptotic behavior of the least energy nodal radial solution $u_p$, as…
We use the method of higher order linearization to study an inverse boundary value problem for the minimal surface equation on a Riemannian manifold $(\mathbb{R}^n,g)$, where the metric $g$ is conformally Euclidean. In particular we show…
We consider the Ginzburg-Landau functional with a variable applied magnetic field in a bounded and smooth two dimensional domain. We determine an accurate asymptotic formula for the minimizing energy when the Ginzburg-Landau parameter and…
We prove that not every harmonic map from $S^{2}$ to $S^{2}$ can arise as a limit of Ginzburg--Landau critical points. More precisely, we show that the only degree-one harmonic maps that can be approximated in this way are rotations. This…
In this paper, we study a class of quasilinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation of the form $$-\varepsilon^2\Delta u+V(x)u-\varepsilon^2(\Delta(|u|^{2\alpha}))|u|^{2\alpha-2}u &=&\lambda|u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{2^*(2\alpha)-2}u,\quad\mbox{in}{\mathbb{R}}^N,…