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In this work, we present a result on the local existence and uniqueness of solutions to nonlinear Partial Differential-Algebraic Equations (PDAEs). By applying established theoretical results, we identify the conditions that guarantee the…
This paper is devoted to studying a type of contact problems modeled by hemivariational inequalities with small periodic coefficients appearing in PDEs, and the PDEs we considered are linear, second order and uniformly elliptic. Under the…
The state-of-the art proof of a global inf-sup condition on mixed finite element schemes does not allow for an analysis of truly indefinite, second-order linear elliptic PDEs. This paper, therefore, first analyses a nonconforming finite…
This paper studies formulations of second-order elliptic partial differential equations in nondivergence form on convex domains as equivalent variational problems. The first formulation is that of Smears \& S\"uli [SIAM J.\ Numer.\ Anal.\…
We study approximation of non-autonomous linear differential equations with variable delay over infinite intervals. We use piecewise constant argument to obtain a corresponding discrete difference equation. The study of numerical…
We are concerned with a class of second order quasilinear elliptic equations driven by a nonhomogeneous differential operator introduced by C.A. Stuart and whose study is motivated by models in Nonlinear Optics. We establish sufficient…
We are concerned with the solvability of linear second order elliptic partial differential equations with nonlinear boundary conditions at resonance, in which the nonlinear boundary conditions perturbation is not necessarily required to…
Many nonlinear PDEs have singular or oscillatory solutions or may exhibit physical instabilities or uncertainties. This requires a suitable concept of physically relevant generalized solutions. Dissipative measure-valued solutions have been…
We prove results on solvability of nonlinear elliptic partial differential systems of principle type of second order. They are consequences of existence of non-radial solutions for nonlinear partial differential systems of Poisson type. As…
The focus of this study is on exploring some qualitative properties of solutions to a class of semilinear elliptic problems in bounded domains, where the boundary conditions depend non-locally on the unknown solution at specified interior…
In this paper we investigate maximum principles for functionals defined on solutions to special partial differential equations of elliptic type, extending results by Payne and Philippin. We apply such maximum principles to investigate one…
In this note we prove a new symmetrization result, in the form of mass concentration comparison, for solutions of nonlocal nonlinear Dirichlet problems involving fractional p Laplacians. Some regularity estimates of solutions will be…
We derive a new discretisation method for first order PDEs of arbitrary spatial dimension, which is based upon a meshfree spatial approximation. This spatial approximation is similar to the SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamics) technique…
In this paper we obtain comparison results for the quasilinear equation $-\Delta_{p,x} u - u_{yy} = f$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions by Steiner rearrangement in variable $x$, thus solving a long open problem. In fact, we…
By virtue of a weak comparison principle in small domains we prove axial symmetry in convex and symmetric smooth bounded domains as well as radial symmetry in balls for regular solutions of a class of quasi-linear elliptic systems in…
In this article, using DiPerna-Lions theory \cite{Di-Li}, we investigate linear second order stochastic partial differential equations with unbounded and degenerate non-smooth coefficients, and obtain several conditions for existence and…
The purpose of this work is to study an optimal control problem for a semilinear elliptic partial differential equation with a linear combination of Dirac measures as a forcing term; the control variable corresponds to the amplitude of such…
In this paper, we develop an analytical framework for the partial differential equation underlying the consensus-based optimization model. The main challenge arises from the nonlinear, nonlocal nature of the consensus point, coupled with a…
We establish a comparison principle providing accurate upper bounds for the modulus of vector valued minimizers of an energy functional, associated when the potential is smooth, to elliptic gradient systems. Our assumptions are very mild:…