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We introduce an exact, two-parameter family of static, spherically-symmetric, constant-curvature $\Lambda$-vacuum solutions within the four-dimensional Starobinsky $f(R)=R+\alpha R^2+2\Lambda$ model. When the bare cosmological constant is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 Andrei Galiautdinov

We show the uniqueness of strictly convex closed smooth self-similar solutions to the $\alpha$-Gauss curvature flow with $(1/n) < \alpha < 1+(1/n)$. We introduce a Pogorelov type computation, and then we apply the strong maximum principle.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Kyeongsu Choi , Panagiota Daskalopoulos

In this paper, we obtain sharp Strichartz estimates for solutions of the wave equation $\square_\gg\phi=0$ where $\gg$ is a rough Lorentzian metric on a 4 dimensional space-time $\MM$. This is the last step of the proof of the bounded $L^2$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-01-03 Jeremie Szeftel

Nonexistence results for positive supersolutions of the equation $$-Lu=u^p\quad\text{in $\mathbb R^N_+$}$$ are obtained, $-L$ being any symmetric and stable linear operator, positively homogeneous of degree $2s$, $s\in(0,1)$, whose spectral…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Isabeau Birindelli , Lele Du , Giulio Galise

We prove that the 2D finite depth capillary water wave equations admit no solitary wave solutions. This closes the existence/non-existence problem for solitary water waves in 2D, under the classical assumptions of incompressibility and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-19 Mihaela Ifrim , Ben Pineau , Daniel Tataru , Mitchell A. Taylor

We investigate the blow-up dynamics of smooth solutions to the one-dimensional wave equation with a quadratic spatial derivative nonlinearity, motivated by its applications in Effective Field Theory (EFT) in cosmology. Despite its…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Tej-eddine Ghoul , Jie Liu , Nader Masmoudi

In this paper, we apply various methods to establish the uniqueness of solutions to some classes of anisotropic and isotropic curvature problems. Firstly, by employing integral formulas derived by S. S. Chern \cite{Ch59}, we obtain the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Haizhong Li , Yao Wan

In this paper, we investigate the critical points of solutions to the prescribed constant mean curvature equation with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions respectively in a bounded smooth convex domain $\Omega$ of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-14 Haiyun Deng , Hairong Liu , Long Tian

In this short note, we consider gradient estimates for positive solutions to the following nonlinear elliptic equation on a complete Riemannian manifold: $$\Delta u+cu^{\alpha}=0,$$ where $c, \alpha$ are two real constants and $c\neq 0$.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Bingqing Ma , Guangyue Huang , Yong Luo

In this paper we establish a sharp non-uniqueness result for stochastic $d$-dimensional ($d\geq2$) incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. First, for every divergence free initial condition in $L^2$ we show existence of infinite many global…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-08-18 Weiquan Chen , Zhao Dong , Xiangchan Zhu

In this paper we are concerned with singular points of solutions to the {\it unstable} free boundary problem $$ \Delta u = - \chi_{\{u>0\}} \qquad \hbox{in} B_1. $$ The problem arises in applications such as solid combustion, composite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-24 John Andersson , Henrik Shahgholian , Georg S. Weiss

In this paper we deal with nonnegative distributional supersolutions for a class of linear elliptic equations involving inverse-square potentials and logarithmic weights. We prove sharp nonexistence results.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-09-15 Mouhamed Moustapha Fall , Roberta Musina

We investigate the existence of Taub-NUT/bolt solutions in Gauss-Bonnet gravity and obtain the general form of these solutions in $d$ dimensions. We find that for all non-extremal NUT solutions of Einstein gravity having no curvature…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 M. H. Dehghani , R. B. Mann

Denote by $G=(V,E)$ a finite graph. We study a generalized Chern-Simons equation $$ \Delta u=\lambda \mathrm{e}^u(\mathrm{e}^{bu}-1)+4\pi\sum\limits_{j=1}^{N}\delta_{p_j} $$ on $G$, where $\lambda$ and $b$ are positive constants; $N$ is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-02 Jia Gao , Songbo Hou

We study the Liouville equation $\triangle u+e^{2u} =0$ in a Riemannian surface $(M, g)$ with nonnegative $Ricci$ curvature. Under some asymptotic lower bound assumptions, we classify all the solutions to this equation, meanwhile we obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Qianzhong Ou

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a connected finite graph. We study the existence of solutions for the following generalized Chern-Simons equation on $G$ \begin{equation*} \Delta u=\lambda \mathrm{e}^{u}\left(\mathrm{e}^{u}-1\right)^{5}+4 \pi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Yuanyang Hu

Generalized torical band inequalities give precise upper bounds for the width of compact manifolds with boundary in terms of positive pointwise lower bounds for scalar curvature, assuming certain topological conditions. We extend several…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Sven Hirsch , Demetre Kazaras , Marcus Khuri , Yiyue Zhang

We show that a uniformly Euclidean metric with isolated singularity on $M^n = T^n \# M_0$, where $4\leq n\leq 7$ or $n\geq 4$, $M_0$ spin, and nonnegative scalar curvature on the smooth part is Ricci flat and extends smoothly over the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-03 Xianzhe Dai , Changliang Wang , Lihe Wang , Guofang Wei

We consider the following Liouville-type equation with exponential Neumann boundary condition: $$ -\Delta\tilde u = \varepsilon^2 K(x) e^{2\tilde u}, \quad x\in D, \qquad \frac{\partial \tilde u}{\partial n} + 1 = \varepsilon \kappa(x)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-10 LiPing Wang , Chunyi Zhao

In this paper, we investigate closed strictly convex hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ which shrink self-similarly under a large family of fully nonlinear curvature flows by high powers of curvature. When the speed function is given by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Shanze Gao , Haizhong Li , Xianfeng Wang