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We study finite energy solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations of the type $$ -\Delta_pu=\sigma \, u^q \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^n,$$ where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplacian, $p>1$, and $\sigma$ is a nonnegative function (or measure) on…

We establish the higher differentiability of solutions to a class of obstacle problems for integral functionals where the convex integrand f satisfies p-growth conditions with respect to the gradient variable. We derive that the higher…

We study equilibrium states for an open class of non-uniformly expanding local homeomorphisms defined by a mild condition such that for some iterate each point admits at least one contracting inverse branch. We prove the existence and…

We characterize lower growth estimates for subsolutions in halfspaces of fully nonlinear partial differential equations on the form $$ F(x,u,Du,D^2u) = 0 $$ in terms of solutions to ordinary differential equations built solely upon a growth…

We analyze integral representation and $\Gamma$-convergence properties of functionals defined on \emph{piecewise rigid functions}, i.e., functions which are piecewise affine on a Caccioppoli partition where the derivative in each component…

Under suitable regularity assumptions the $p$-elastic energy of a planar set $E\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ is defined to be $\int_{\partial E} 1 + |k_{\partial E}|^p \,\, d\mathcal{H}^1,$ where $k_{\partial E}$ is the curvature of the boundary…

In nonlinear elasticity, finding the deformation of a material which minimizes a given stored energy density is a challenging calculus of variations problem which may fail to have minimizers: the energy optimal material forms infinitely…

The aim of this paper is to extend previous results regarding the multiplicity of solutions for quasilinear elliptic problems with critical growth to the variable exponent case. We prove, in the spirit of \cite{DPFBS}, the existence of at…

We are interested in the regularity of weak solutions $u$ to the elliptic equation in divergence form; precisely in their local boundedness and their local Lipschitz continuity under general growth conditions, the so called $p,q-$growth…

We prove the absence of a Lavrentiev gap for vectorial integral functionals of the form $$ F: g+W_0^{1,1}(\Omega)^m\to\mathbb{R}\cup\{+\infty\},\qquad F(u)=\int_\Omega W(x,\mathrm{D} u)\,\mathrm{d}x, $$ where the boundary datum…

We give a surface integral derivation of the leading-order evolution equations for the spin and energy of a relativistic body interacting with other bodies in the post-Newtonian expansion scheme. The bodies can be arbitrarily shaped and can…

In this paper we provide a different approach for existence of the variational solutions of the gradient flows associated to functionals on Sobolev spaces studied in \cite{BDDMS20}. The crucial condition is the convexity of the functional…

In this note, we provide an explicit formula for computing the quasiconvex envelope of any real-valued function $W\colon\operatorname{SL}(2)\to\mathbb{R}$ with $W(RF)=W(FR)=W(F)$ for all $F\in\operatorname{SL}(2)$ and all…

We establish some higher differentiability results of integer and fractional order for solution to non-autonomous obstacle problems of the form \begin{equation*} \min \left\{\int_{\Omega}f(x, Dv(x))\,:\, v\in…

We study the conditions under which the convex relaxation of a mixed-integer linear programming formulation for ordered optimization problems, where sorting is part of the decision process, yields integral optimal solutions. Thereby solving…

We establish partial H\"older continuity of the gradient for equilibrium configurations of vectorial multidimensional variational problems, involving bulk and surface energies. The bulk energy densities are uniformly strictly quasiconvex…

$3d-2d$ dimensional reduction for hyperelastic thin films modeled through energies with point dependent growth, assuming that the sample is clamped on the lateral boundary, is performed in the framework of $\Gamma$-convergence. Integral…

We prove stochastic homogenization for integral functionals defined on Sobolev spaces, where the stationary, ergodic integrand satisfies a degenerate growth condition of the form \begin{equation*} c|\xi A(\omega,x)|^p\leq…

We study quasilinear elliptic equations of the form $\text{div} \mathbf{A}(x,u,\nabla u) = \text{div}\mathbf{F} $ in bounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 1$. The vector field $\mathbf{A}$ is allowed to be discontinuous in $x$,…

This work deals with the homogenization of functionals with linear growth in the context of $\mathcal{A}$-quasiconvexity. A representation theorem is proved, where the new integrand function is obtained by solving a cell problem where the…