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We investigate the problem $$-\Delta u = \lambda b(x)|u|^{q-2}u +a(x)|u|^{p-2}u \mbox{ in } \Omega, \quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial \mathbf{n}} = 0 \mbox{ on } \partial \Omega, \leqno{(P_\lambda)} $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded smooth…

This paper considers the initial-boundary value problem for the nonlocal Cahn--Hilliard equation $$ \partial_t\varphi + (-\Delta+1)(a(\cdot)\varphi -J\ast\varphi + G'(\varphi)) = 0 \quad \mbox{in}\ \Omega\times(0, T) $$ in an unbounded…

We build new examples of extremal domains with small prescribed volume for the first eigenvalue of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in some Riemannian manifold with boundary. These domains are close to half balls of small radius centered at a…

In this article we consider the existence of positive singular solutions on bounded domains and also classical solutions on exterior domains. First we consider positive singular solutions of the following problems: \begin{equation}…

Let $n\geq2$ and $ \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ be a Lipschitz wedge- like domain . We construct positive weak solutions of the problem $$\Delta u + u^p = 0 \quad\hbox{in}\, \Omega,$$ which vanish in a suitable trace sense on…

We study existence of nontrivial solutions to problem \begin{equation*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta u &=& \lambda u+f(u)&\text{ in }\Omega,\\ u&=&0&\text{ on }\partial \Omega, \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where $\Omega…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ be a bounded domain. We perturb it to a domain $\Omega^\varepsilon$ attaching a family of small protuberances with "room-and-passage"-like geometry ($\varepsilon>0$ is a small parameter). Peculiar spectral…

We consider the fourth-order nonlinear elliptic problem: \begin{equation*} \begin{array}{ll} \Delta(a(x)\Delta u) = a(x) \left\vert u \right\vert^{p-2-\epsilon} u \ \text{ in } \ \Omega, \hspace{0.6cm} u = 0 \ \text{ on } \ \partial \Omega,…

We study the existence of nontrivial unbounded surfaces $S\subset \mathbb{R}^3$ with the property that the constant charge distribution on $S$ is an electrostatic equilibrium, i.e. the resulting electrostatic force is normal to the surface…

Let $\Omega=\Omega_0\setminus \overline{\Theta}\subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 2$, where $\Omega_0$ and $\Theta$ are two open, bounded and convex sets such that $\overline{\Theta}\subset \Omega_0$ and let $\beta<0$ be a given parameter. We…

We consider the class of semi-stable positive solutions to semilinear equations $-\Delta u=f(u)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ of double revolution, that is, a domain invariant under rotations of the first $m$ variables and…

We consider the problem $$(P_\eps)\qquad \Delta u +\lambda {e^{u}\over\int\limits_{\Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps)}e^u}=0\ \hbox{in}\ \Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps),\quad u =0\ \hbox{on}\ \partial\(\Omega\setminus B(\xi,\eps)\), $$ where $\Omega$…

In this paper we extend the classical sub-supersolution Sattinger iteration method to $1$-Laplace type boundary value problems of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \displaystyle -\Delta_1 u = F(x,u) & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ \newline…

We establish a rigidity theorem for annular sector-like domains in the setting of overdetermined elliptic problems on model Riemannian manifolds. Specifically, if such a domain admits a solution to the inhomogeneous Helmholtz equation…

For a domain $\Omega$ contained in a hemisphere of the $n$-dimensional sphere $\SS^n$ we prove the optimal result $\lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega) \le \lambda_2/\lambda_1(\Omega^{\star})$ for the ratio of its first two Dirichlet eigenvalues…

In this article we provide existence, uniqueness and regularity results of a degenerate singular elliptic boundary value problem whose prototype is given by \begin{gather*} \begin{cases} -\operatorname{div}(w(x)|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla…

We consider operators $-\Delta + X$ where $X$ is a constant vector field, in a bounded domain and show spectral instability when the domain is expanded by scaling. More generally, we consider semiclassical elliptic boundary value problems…

We prove rigidity for hypersurfaces with boundary in the unit $(n+1)$-sphere with scalar curvature bounded below by $n(n-1)$. Under appropriate boundary conditions, the hypersurfaces are shown to be part of the equatorial spheres. The lower…

We consider nonlinear diffusion equations of the form $\partial_t u= \Delta \phi(u)$ in $\mathbb R^N$ with $N \ge 2.$ When $\phi(s) \equiv s$, this is just the heat equation. Let $\Omega$ be a domain in $\mathbb R^N$, where $\partial\Omega$…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$ be a smooth bounded domain, $H$ a Caratheodory function defined in $\Omega \times \mathbb{R\times R}^{N},$ and $\mu $ a bounded Radon measure in $\Omega .$ We study the problem% \begin{equation*}…