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In this paper, we give a clear cut relation between the the volume growth $V(r)$ and the existence of nonnegative solutions to parabolic semilinear problem \begin{align}\tag{*}\label{*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \Delta u - \partial_t u +…
We study a variational Ginzburg-Landau type model depending on a small parameter $\varepsilon>0$ for (tangent) vector fields on a $2$-dimensional Riemannian manifold $S$. As $\varepsilon\to 0$, these vector fields tend to have unit length…
We study the Ginzburg-Landau equations on line bundles over non-compact Riemann surfaces with constant negative curvature. We prove existence of solutions with energy strictly less than that of the constant curvature (magnetic field) one.…
The anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau system \[ \Delta u+\delta\, \nabla (\mathrm{div}\: u) +\delta\, \mathrm{curl}^*(\mathrm{curl}\: u)=(|u|^2-1) u, \] for $u\colon\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R^2$ and $\delta\in (-1,1)$, models the formation of…
In this note we consider the Liouville type theorem for a properly immersed submanifold $M$ in a complete Riemmanian manifold $N$. Assume that the sectional curvature $K^N$ of $N$ satisfies…
Let (M,g) be a smooth connected compact Riemannian manifold of finite dimension n \geq 2 with a smooth boundary \partial M. We consider the problem -{\epsilon}^2\Delta_gu+u=|u|^{p-2}u, u>0 on M, \partial u/ \partial{\nu}=0 on \partial M…
We study semilinear wave equations with Ginzburg-Landau type nonlinearities multiplied by a factor $\epsilon^{-2}$, where $\epsilon>0$ is a small parameter. We prove that for suitable initial data, solutions exhibit energy concentration…
We study the existence of positive solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations of the type \[ -\Delta_{p} u = \sigma u^{q} + \mu \quad \text{in} \ \mathbb{R}^{n}, \] in the sub-natural growth case $0 < q < p - 1$, where $\Delta_{p}u =…
A quark-magnetic Ginzburg-Landau (qHGL) gradient expansion of the free energy of two-flavor inhomogeneous quark matter in a magnetic field $H$ is derived analytically. It can be applied away from the Lifshitz point, generalizing standard…
We establish sharp energy estimates for some solutions, such as global minimizers, monotone solutions and saddle-shaped solutions, of the fractional nonlinear equation $(-\Delta)^{1/2} u=f(u)$ in $\re^n$. Our energy estimates hold for every…
We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a positive finite energy solution to the inhomogeneous quasilinear elliptic equation \[ -\Delta_{p} u = \sigma u^{q} + \mu \quad \text{on} \;\; \mathbb{R}^n \] in the…
On a complete Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, we consider $L^{p}_{loc}$ distributional solutions of the the differential inequality $-\Delta u + \lambda u \geq 0$ with $\lambda >0$ a locally bounded function that may decay to $0$ at infinity.…
A central focus of Ginzburg-Landau theory is the understanding and characterization of vortex configurations. On a bounded domain $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^2,$ global minimizers, and critical states in general, of the corresponding energy…
Using the stress energy tensor, we establish some monotonicity formulae for vector bundle-valued p-forms satisfying the conservation law, provided that the base Riemannian (resp. K\"ahler) manifolds poss some real (resp. complex)…
We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions with sharp constants on the distribution $\sigma$ for the existence of a globally finite energy solution to the quasilinear equation with a gradient source term of natural growth of the form…
Given a compact Riemannian manifold $(M^n,g)$ and a fixed cohomology class, $[\alpha^*] \in H^k(M)$, we consider the existence of a minimizer $\alpha \in [\alpha^*]$ of the generalized minimal surface energy $\int_M \sqrt{1+|\alpha|^2}…
In this paper, we study the following system \begin{eqnarray*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u + V(x)u-(2\omega+\phi)\phi u=\lambda f(u)+|u|^{4}u, \ & \text{in} \ \mathbb{R}^{3}, \Delta \phi + \beta\Delta_4\phi = 4\pi(\omega+\phi)…
In this paper, we combine Bochner formula, Saloff-Coste's Sobolev inequality and the Nash-Moser iteration method to study the local and global behaviors of solutions to the nonlinear elliptic equation $\Delta_pu+\Delta_qu+h(u,|\nabla…
On a closed Riemannian manifold $(M^n ,g)$ with a proper isoparametric function $f$ we consider the equation $\Delta^2 u -\alpha \Delta u +\beta u = u^q$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive constants satisfying that $\alpha^2 \geq 4…
We give an estimate of the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator on a complete noncompact stable minimal hypersurface $M$ in a complete simply connected Riemannian manifold with pinched negative sectional curvature. In the same ambient…