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We examine the fourth order problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u) $ in $ \Omega$ with $ \Delta u = u =0 $ on $ \partial \Omega$, where $ \lambda > 0$ is a parameter, $ \Omega$ is a bounded domain in $ R^N$ and where $f$ is one of the following…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-18 Craig Cowan , Nassif Ghoussoub

For every given $\beta<0$, we study the problem of maximizing the first Robin eigenvalue of the Laplacian $\lambda_\beta(\Omega)$ among convex (not necessarily smooth) sets $\Omega\subset\mathbb{S}^{n}$ with fixed perimeter. In particular,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Paolo Acampora , Antonio Celentano , Emanuele Cristoforoni , Carlo Nitsch , Cristina Trombetti

In this paper, we consider an overdetermined problem of Serrin-type for a two-phase elliptic operator with piecewise constant coefficients. We show the existence of infinitely many branches of nontrivial symmetry breaking solutions which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-24 Lorenzo Cavallina , Toshiaki Yachimura

Motivated by the Serrin problem, we study weak solutions of the generalised Alt-Caffarelli problem $-\Delta u = f$ in $\Omega$, $u = 0$ on $\partial\Omega$, $\partial_\nu u = Q$ on $\partial\Omega$. Our main result establishes that if…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Joan Domingo-Pasarin , Xavier Ros-Oton

Let $\Omega$ be an open, simply connected, and bounded region in $\mathbb{R}^{d}$, $d\geq2$, and assume its boundary $\partial\Omega$ is smooth. Consider solving an elliptic partial differential equation $Lu=f$ over $\Omega$ with zero…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-31 Kendall Atkinson , David Chien , Olaf Hansen

We establish local interval bifurcation theorem and global interval bifurcation theorem for Fredholm operator with index $0$ via $0$-group. As one of applications, we investigate the existence of a family of nontrivial domains…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Guowei Dai , Yong Zhang

We consider the Schr\''odinger equation \begin{equation}\label{eq_abstract} i\partial_t u(t)=-\Delta u(t)~~~~~\text{ on }\Omega(t) \tag{$\ast$} \end{equation}where $\Omega(t)\subset\mathbb{R}$ is a moving domain depending on the time $t\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Alessandro Duca , Romain Joly

We consider a mixed boundary value problem in a domain $\Omega$ contained in a half-ball $B_+$ and having a portion $\bar{T}$ of its boundary in common with the curved part of $\partial B_+$. The problem has to do with some sort of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Rolando Magnanini , Giorgio Poggesi

In this paper we study the geometry and the topology of unbounded domains in the Hyperbolic Space $\mathbb{H} ^n$ supporting a bounded positive solution to an overdetermined elliptic problem. Under suitable conditions on the elliptic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-10 José M. Espinar , Alberto Farina , Laurent Mazet

In this paper, we consider the Brezis-Nirenberg problem \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{aligned} &-\Delta u = \lambda u+|u|^{2^*-2}u, \quad &\mbox{in}\,\Omega,\\ &u=0,\quad &\mbox{on}\, \partial\Omega, \end{aligned}\right. \end{equation*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Fengliu Li , Giusi Vaira , Juncheng Wei , Yuanze Wu

We consider the following class of fractional parametric problems \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} (-\Delta_{Dir})^{s} u= f(x, u)+t\varphi_{1}+h &\mbox{ in } \Omega\\ u=0 &\mbox{ on } \partial \Omega, \end{array} \right.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-08 Vincenzo Ambrosio

We show that a wide range of overdetermined boundary problems for semilinear equations with position-dependent nonlinearities admits nontrivial solutions. The result holds true both on the Euclidean space and on compact Riemannian…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-27 Miguel Dominguez-Vazquez , Alberto Enciso , Daniel Peralta-Salas

In this paper, we study the boundary value problem of the classical semilinear parabolic equations $$ u_t-\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u, \ \ in \ \ \Omega\times (0,T) $$ and $u=0$ on the boundary $\partial\Omega\times [0,T)$ and $u=\phi$ at $t=0$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-12-30 Li Ma

In the unit ball B(0,1), let $u$ and $\Omega$ (a domain in $\R$) solve the following overdetermined problem: $$\Delta u =\chi_\Omega\quad \hbox{in} B(0,1), \qquad 0 \in \partial \Omega, \qquad u=|\nabla u |=0 \quad \hbox{in} B(0,1)\setminus…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Luis A. Caffarelli , Lavi Karp , Henrik Shahgholian

In this paper, we consider the following free boundary problem $$ (P)\left\{\begin{array}{ll} \Delta u = \lambda \phi(x)\Sum_{i=1}^n H(u-\mu_i )& \quad \mbox{ in }\ \Omega=\Omega_2\setminus \overline{\Omega}_1, \\[0.3cm]u =0 &\quad \mbox{…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-21 Sabri Bensid

For a bounded domain $\Omega$ with a piecewise smooth boundary in an $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbf{R}^{n}$, we study eigenvalues of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem of the Laplacian. First we give a general inequality for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-06-09 Qing-Ming Cheng , Xuerong Qi

This paper considers overdetermined boundary problems. Firstly, we give a proof to the Payne-Schaefer conjecture about an overdetermined problem of sixth order in the two dimensional case and under an additional condition for the case of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Changyu Xia

In this work we study the existence of solutions to the following critical fractional problem with concave-convex nonlinearities, \begin{equation*} \left \{ \begin{array}{l} (-\Delta)^su=\lambda u^q+u^{2_s^*-1},\ u>0\quad\text{in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Alejandro Ortega

This paper deals with the following mixed boundary value problem \begin{equation}\label{ProblemAbstract} \tag{$\Diamond$} \begin{cases} -\Delta u = f &\mbox{in $\Omega$,} \\ u = \varphi &\mbox{on $\Gamma_{\! D}$,} \\ u_\nu - a_2 \,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-17 Antonio Greco , Giuseppe Viglialoro

In this paper we study the nonlinear Neumann boundary value problem of the following equations -\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}\nabla u)-\text{div}(|\nabla u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}\nabla u)+|u|^{p_{1}(x)-2}u+|u|^{p_{2}(x)-2}u=\lambda f(x,u) in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-05-17 Duchao Liu , Xiaoyan Wang , Jinghua Yao