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Let $\Omega$ be an open set in Euclidean space with finite Lebesgue measure $|\Omega|$. We obtain some properties of the set function $F:\Omega\mapsto \R^+$ defined by $$ F(\Omega)=\frac{T(\Omega)\lambda_1(\Omega)}{|\Omega|} ,$$ where…

We study the semilinear elliptic problem \[ -\Delta u = Q_{\Omega} |u|^{p-2}u \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \] where \( Q_{\Omega} = \chi_{\Omega} - \chi_{\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \Omega} \) for a bounded smooth domain \( \Omega \subset…

In this paper the existence of solutions, $(\lambda,u)$, of the problem $$-\Delta u=\lambda u -a(x)|u|^{p-1}u \quad \hbox{in }\Omega, \qquad u=0 \quad \hbox{on}\;\;\partial\Omega,$$ is explored for $0 < p < 1$. When $p>1$, it is known that…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be an open set. Given a boundary datum $g$ on $\partial\Omega$ and a function $K:\bar {\Omega} \to\mathcal{K}$, the family of all compact convex subsets of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$, we prove the existence of…

The boundary value problem is examined for the system of elliptic equations of from $-\Delta u + A(x)u = 0 \quad\text{in} \Omega,$ where $A(x)$ is positive semidefinite matrix on $\mathbb{R}^{{k}\times{k}},$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial…

We consider the unit ball $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N\ge2$) filled with two materials with different conductivities. We perform shape derivatives up to the second order to find out precise information about locally optimal…

We consider the problem \[ -\Delta u=|u|^{p-2}u in \Omega, u=0 on \partial\Omega, \] where $\Omega:=\{(y,z)\in\mathbb{R}^{m+1}\times\mathbb{R}^{N-m-1}: 0<a<|y|<b<\infty\}$, $0\leq m\leq N-1$ and $N\geq2$. Let…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $N\geq1$, be a smooth bounded domain, and let $m:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a possibly sign-changing function. We investigate the existence of positive solutions for the semipositone problem $-\Delta…

This paper studies the existence of positive normalized solutions to the singular elliptic equation \[ -\Delta u + \lambda u = u^{-r} + u^{p-1} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] with the Dirichlet boundary condition $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ and…

We get a new multiplicity result for gradient systems. Here is a very particular corollary: Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ ($n\geq 2$) be a smooth bounded domain and let $\Phi:{\bf R}^2\to {\bf R}$ be a $C^1$ function, with $\Phi(0,0)=0$,…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{d}$ be a convex body with everywhere positive curvature except at the origin and with the boundary $\partial \Omega$ as the graph of the function $y=|x|^{\gamma}$ in a neighborhood of the origin with $\gamma…

We show that the elliptic equation with a non-Lipschitz right-hand side, $-\Delta u = \lambda |u|^{\beta-1}u - |u|^{\alpha-1}u$ with $\lambda>0$ and $0<\alpha<\beta<1$, considered on a smooth star-shaped domain $\Omega$ subject to zero…

The \emph{Monge-Amp\`ere} torsion deficit of an open, bounded convex set $\Omega\subset\R^n$ of class $C^2$ is the normalized gap between the value of the torsion functional evaluated on $\Omega$ and its value on the ball with the same…

For all functions on an arbitrary open set $\Omega\subset\R^3$ with zero boundary values, we prove the optimal bound \[ \sup_{\Omega}|u| \leq (2\pi)^{-1/2} \left(\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2 \,dx\, \int_{\Omega}|\Delta u|^2 \,dx\right)^{1/4}.…

It is known that there exists an explicit function $F$ in $L^2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a given bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^N$, such that the corresponding weak solution of the Laplace BVP $-\Delta u=F(x)$, $u\in H_0^1(\Omega)$,…

In this paper, we primarily consider the following semilinear elliptic equation \begin{eqnarray*} \arraycolsep=1pt\left\{ \begin{array}{lll} \displaystyle -\Delta u= h(x,u)\quad \ &{\rm in}\ \Omega,\\[1.5mm] \phantom{ -\Delta }…

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following fractional problem involving the Hardy potential and concave-convex nonlinearities: $$({-}{ \Delta})^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}u- \gamma \frac{u}{|x|^{\alpha}}=…

Let $\Omega$ be an unbounded open subset of ${\mathbb R}^n$, $n \ge 2$, and $A : \Omega \times {\mathbb R}^n \to {\mathbb R}^n$ be a function such that $$ C_1 |\zeta|^p \le \zeta A (x, \zeta), \quad |A (x, \zeta)| \le C_2 |\zeta|^{p-1} $$…

For $p\in (1,+\infty)$ and $b \in (0, +\infty]$ the $p$-torsion function with Robin boundary conditions associated to an arbitrary open set $\Om \subset \R^m$ satisfies formally the equation $-\Delta_p =1$ in $\Om$ and $|\nabla u|^{p-2}…

In this paper, we prove the existence of nontrivial contractible domains $\Omega\subset\mathbb{S}^{d}$, $d\geq2$, such that the overdetermined elliptic problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\varepsilon\Delta_{g} u +u-u^{p}=0 &\mbox{in…