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We elaborate on the interpretation of some mixed finite element spaces in terms of differential forms. First we develop a framework in which we show how tools from algebraic topology can be applied to the study of their cohomological…

We consider periodic homogenization of boundary value problems for second-order semilinear elliptic systems in 2D of the type $$ \partial_{x_i}\left(a_{ij}^{\alpha…

We prove generalized Gaffney inequalities and the discrete compactness for finite element differential forms on $s$-regular domains, including general Lipschitz domains. In computational electromagnetism, special cases of these results have…

This is the second of a series of two papers which studies the fractional porous medium equation, $\partial_t u +(-\Delta)^\sigma (|u|^{m-1}u )=0 $ with $m>0$ and $\sigma\in (0,1]$, posed on a Riemannian manifold with isolated conical…

We study the Dirichlet problem for the semi--linear partial differential equations ${\rm div}\,(A\nabla u)=f(u)$ in simply connected domains $D$ of the complex plane $\mathbb C$ with continuous boundary data. We prove the existence of the…

Local existence and well posedness for a class of solutions for the Euler Poisson system is shown. These solutions have a density $\rho$ which either falls off at infinity or has compact support. The solutions have finite mass, finite…

We prove the (optimal) $W^{1,\infty}$-regularity of weak solutions to the equation $-\Delta u = Q \; \mathcal{H}^{n-1} \llcorner \Gamma$ in a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $\Gamma \subset…

We consider minimizers of linear functionals of the type $$L(u)=\int_{\p \Omega} u \, d \sigma - \int_{\Omega} u \, dx$$ in the class of convex functions $u$ with prescribed determinant $\det D^2 u =f$. We obtain compactness properties for…

In this paper we study the local regularity properties of weak solutions to a special class of anisotropic doubly nonlinear parabolic operators, whose prototype is the anisotropic Trudinger's equation $$ u_t- \sum\limits_{i=1}^N…

This study aims to construct a stable, high-order compact finite difference method for solving Sobolev-type equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions in one-space dimension. Approximation of higher-order mixed derivatives in some…

It has been well known that if $\Omega$ is a bounded $C^1$-domain in $\R^n,\ n \ge 2$, then for every Radon measure $f$ on $\Omega$ with finite total variation, there exists a unique weak solution $u\in W_0^{1,1}(\Omega )$ of the Poisson…

Compactness is one of the most versatile tools in the analysis of nonlinear PDEs and systems. Usually, compactness is established by means of some embedding theorem between functional spaces. Such theorems, in turn, rely on appropriate…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N \geq 2$, be a smooth bounded domain. For $s \in (1/2,1)$, we consider a problem of the form \[ \left\{\begin{aligned} (-\Delta)^s u & = \mu(x)\, \mathbb{D}_s^{2}(u) + \lambda f(x)\,, & \quad \mbox{in}…

We consider a version of the fractional Sobolev inequality in domains and study whether the best constant in this inequality is attained. For the half-space and a large class of bounded domains we show that a minimizer exists, which is in…

In this paper we are focusing on functional inequalities on compact simple edge spaces. More precisely we address the question whether the classical functional inequalities (Sobolev, Poincar\'e) hold in this setting, and as a by-product of…

The Cauchy-problem for the generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili-II equation $$u_t + u_{xxx} + \partial_x^{-1}u_{yy}= (u^l)_x, \quad l \ge 3,$$ is shown to be locally well-posed in almost critical anisotropic Sobolev spaces. The proof combines…

We investigate the dependence of optimal constants in Poincar\'e- Sobolev inequalities of planar domains on the region where the Dirichlet condition is imposed. More precisely, we look for the best Dirichlet regions, among closed and…

Defect of compactness, relative to an embedding of two Banach spaces E and F, is a difference between a weakly convergent sequence in E and its weak limit taken up to a remainder that vanishes in the norm of F. For Sobolev embeddings in…

This paper investigates the mathematical properties and numerical approximation of a class of nonlocal elliptic partial differential equations of the form \begin{equation*} -\Delta u + \lambda \, G(u) = f, \end{equation*} where $\Delta$…

It is common that a Sobolev space defined on $\mathbb{R}^m$ has a non-compact embedding into an $L^p$-space, but it has subspaces for which this embedding becomes compact. There are three well known cases of such subspaces, the Rellich…