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We construct functions $u: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{C}$ that satisfy an elliptic eigenvalue equation of the form $-\Delta u + W \cdot \nabla u + V u = \lambda u$, where $\lambda \in \mathbb{C}$, and $V$ and $W$ satisfy $|V(x)| \lesssim…

We consider the following nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with an inverse potential: \[ i\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+\Delta u+|u|^{\frac{4}{N}}u\pm\frac{1}{|x|^{2\sigma}}\log|x|u=0 \] in $\mathbb{R}^N$. From the classical argument, the…

We construct unbounded positive $C^2$-solutions of the equation $\Delta u + K u^{(n + 2)/(n - 2)} = 0$ in ${\R}^n$ (equipped with Euclidean metric $g_o$) such that $K$ is bounded between two positive numbers in ${\R}^n$, the conformal…

We consider the nonlocal Liouville type equation $$ (-\Delta)^{\frac{1}{2}} u = \varepsilon \kappa(x) e^u, \quad u > 0, \quad \mbox{in } I, \qquad u = 0, \quad \mbox{in } \mathbb{R} \setminus I, $$ where $I$ is a union of $d \geq 2$…

In this paper, we first develop a mini-max theory of the action functional over the semi-infinite cycles via the chain level Floer homology theory and construct spectral invariants of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms on arbitrary compact…

We deal with the existence of positive solutions for the following fractional Schr\"odinger equation $$ \varepsilon ^{2s} (-\Delta)^{s} u + V(x) u = f(u) \mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N}, $$ where $\varepsilon>0$ is a parameter, $s\in (0, 1)$,…

Let $\Omega$ be a open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n $ with smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$. We consider the equation $ \Delta u + u^{\frac{n-k+2}{n-k-2}-\varepsilon} =0\,\hbox{ in }\,\Omega $, under zero Dirichlet boundary condition,…

In this paper we deal with the multiplicity and concentration of positive solutions for the following fractional Schr\"odinger-Kirchhoff type equation \begin{equation*} M\left(\frac{1}{\varepsilon^{3-2s}} \iint_{\mathbb{R}^{6}}\frac{|u(x)-…

We study the following nonlinear and nonlocal elliptic equation in~$\R^n$ $$ (-\Delta)^s u = \epsilon\,h\,u^q + u^p \ {\mbox{ in }}\R^n, $$ where~$s\in(0,1)$, $n>2s$, $\epsilon>0$ is a small parameter, $p=\frac{n+2s}{n-2s}$, $q\in(0,1)$,…

In this paper, we introduce the notion of generalized $\epsilon$-stationarity for a class of nonconvex and nonsmooth composite minimization problems on compact Riemannian submanifold embedded in Euclidean space. To find a generalized…

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In this paper, we study min-max optimization problems on Riemannian manifolds. We introduce a Riemannian Hamiltonian function, minimization of which serves as a proxy for solving the original min-max problems. Under the Riemannian…

We consider the stationary Ginzburg-Landau equations in $\R^d$, $d=2,3$. We exhibit a class of applied magnetic fields (including constant fields) such that the Ginzburg-Landau equations do not admit finite energy solutions.

In this paper we consider the following biharmonic equation with critical exponent $P_\epsilon$ : $\Delta^2 u= Ku^{(n+4)/(n-4)-\epsilon}, u>0$ in $\Omega$ and $u=\Delta u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a domain in $R^n$, $n\geq…

This paper is devoted to the study of the following nonlocal equation: \begin{equation*} -\left(a+b\|\nabla u\|_{2}^{2(\theta-1)}\right) \Delta u =\lambda u+\alpha (I_{\mu}\ast|u|^{q})|u|^{q-2}u+(I_{\mu}\ast|u|^{p})|u|^{p-2}u \ \hbox{in} \…

We study nonexistence results and gradient estimates for solutions of \[ \Delta_p v + a v^{q}=0 \] defined on complete Riemannian manifolds satisfying a \emph{$\chi$-type Sobolev inequality}. We establish a Liouville theorem under the…

We prove partial regularity of stationary solutions and minimizers $u$ from a set $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ to a Riemannian manifold $N$, for the functional $\int_\Omega F(x,u,|\nabla u|^2) dx$. The integrand $F$ is convex and satisfies…

We study positive solutions of the following semilinear equation $$\varepsilon^2\Delta_{\bar g} u - V(z) u+ u^{p} =0\,\hbox{ on }\,M, $$ where $(M, \bar g )$ is a compact smooth $n$-dimensional Riemannian manifold without boundary or the…

In this paper, we first prove some propositions of Sobolev spaces defined on a locally finite graph $G=(V,E)$, which are fundamental when dealing with equations on graphs under the variational framework. Then we consider a nonlinear…

We prove some improved estimates for the Ginzburg-Landau energy (with or without magnetic field) in two dimensions, relating the asymptotic energy of an arbitrary configuration to its vortices and their degrees, with possibly unbounded…