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We study the non-linear minimization problem on $H^1_0(\Omega)\subset L^q$ with $q=\frac{2n}{n-2}$, $\alpha>0$ and $n\geq4$~: \[\inf_{\substack{u\in H^1_0(\Omega) \|u\|_{L^q}=1}}\int_\Omega a(x,u)|\nabla u|^2 - \lambda \int_{\Omega}…

This paper concerns almost minimizers of the functional $$ J(v,\Omega) = \int_\Omega \left( |D v^+|^p + |D v^-|^q \right) dx, $$ where $1<p \neq q< \infty$ and $\Omega$ is a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 1$. We prove the…

We study the behavior as $p\rightarrow\infty$ of $u_{p},$ a positive least energy solution of the problem \[ \left\{\begin{array} [c]{lll} \left[ \left( -\Delta_{p}\right) ^{\alpha}+\left( -\Delta_{q(p)}\right) ^{\beta}\right]…

Let $U$ be a Morse function on a compact connected $m$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, $m \geq 2,$ satisfying $\min U=0$ and let $\mathcal{U} = \{x \in M \: : U(x) = 0\}$ be the set of global minimizers. Consider the stochastic algorithm…

In this article, we consider the (double) minimization problem $$\min\left\{P(E;\Omega)+\lambda W_p(E,F):~E\subseteq\Omega,~F\subseteq \mathbb{R}^d,~\lvert E\cap F\rvert=0,~ \lvert E\rvert=\lvert F\rvert=1\right\},$$ where $p\geqslant 1$,…

We complete the study of the asymptotic behavior, as $p\rightarrow +\infty$, of the positive solutions to \[ \left\{\begin{array}{lr}-\Delta u= u^p & \mbox{in}\Omega\\ u=0 &\mbox{on}\partial \Omega \end{array}\right. \] when $\Omega$ is any…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open set and $p,q,r>1$. The main observation of the present work is the following: $W_0^{1,p}(\Omega)$-solutions of the equation $-\Delta_p u = \mu |u|^{q-2}u + |u|^{r-2}u$ parameterized by $\mu$ are in bijection…

We consider minimizers $u_\varepsilon$ of the Ginzburg-Landau energy with quadratic divergence penalization on a simply-connected two-dimensional domain $\Omega$. On the boundary, strong tangential anchoring is imposed. We prove that…

We study the quasi-linear minimization problem on $H^1_0(\Omega)\subset L^q$ with $q=\frac{2n}{n-2}$~: $$\inf_{\|u\|_{L^q}=1}\int_\Omega (1+|x|^\beta |u|^k)|\nabla u|^2.$$ We show that minimizers exist only in the range $\beta<kn/q$ which…

We consider the singularly perturbed problem $F_\varepsilon (u,\Omega):=\int_\Omega \varepsilon |\nabla^2u| + \varepsilon^{-1}|1-|\nabla u|^2|^2$ on bounded domains $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^2$. Under appropriate boundary conditions, we…

Oscillations and concentrations in sequences of gradients $\{\nabla u_k\}$, bounded in $L^p(\Omega;\R^{M\times N})$ if $p>1$ and $\Omega\subset\R^n$ is a bounded domain with the extension property in $W^{1,p}$, and their interaction with…

In this work in progress, we study the asymptotic behaviour of the $p$-quantile of the Beta distribution, i.e. the quantity $q$ defined implicitly by $\int_0^q t^{a - 1} (1 - t)^{b - 1} \text{d} t = p B (a, b)$, as a function of the first…

In this paper we consider an inverse coefficients problem for a quasilinear elliptic equation of divergence form $\nabla\cdot\vec{C}(x,\nabla u(x))=0$, in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$. We assume that…

We study in detail the existence, nonexistence and behavior of global minimizers, ground states and corresponding energy levels of the $(p,q)$-Laplace equation $-\Delta_p u -\Delta_q u = \alpha |u|^{p-2}u + \beta |u|^{q-2}u$ in a bounded…

Given a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$ we study the asymptotic behavior as $\varepsilon \to 0$ of the eigencurves of $$ -\Delta_p u_\varepsilon=\alpha_\varepsilon m(\tfrac{x}{\varepsilon})(u_\varepsilon^+ )^{p-1} -…

We study vector-valued almost minimizers of the energy functional $$\int_D\left(|\nabla\mathbf{u}|^2+\frac2{1+q}\left(\lambda_+(x)|\mathbf{u}^+|^{q+1}+\lambda_-(x)|\mathbf{u}^-|^{q+1}\right)\right)dx,\quad0<q<1.$$ For H\"older continuous…

We derive the Euler-Lagrange equations for minimizers of causal variational principles in the non-compact setting with constraints, possibly prescribing symmetries. Considering first variations, we show that the minimizing measure is…

This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior as $t\rightarrow T<\infty$ of all weak (energy) solutions of a class of equations with the following model representative: \begin{equation*} (|u|^{p-1}u)_t-\Delta_p(u)+b(t,x)|u|^{\lambda-1}u=0…

We consider the Laplacian with attractive Robin boundary conditions, \[ Q^\Omega_\alpha u=-\Delta u, \quad \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial n}=\alpha u \text{ on } \partial\Omega, \] in a class of bounded smooth domains…

Results are obtained for two minimization problems: $$I_k(c)=\inf \{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{open, convex in}\ \mathbb{R}^m,\ \mathcal{T}(\Omega)= c \},$$ and $$J_k(c)=\inf\{\lambda_k(\Omega): \Omega\ \textup{quasi-open in}\…