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In this paper, we study a shape optimization problem for the torsional energy associated with a domain contained in an infinite cylinder, under a volume constraint. We prove that a minimizer exists for all fixed volumes and show some of its…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Paolo Caldiroli , Alessandro Iacopetti , Filomena Pacella

We consider a nonlocal isoperimetric problem defined in the whole space $\R^N$, whose nonlocal part is given by a Riesz potential with exponent $\alpha\in(0, N-1)$. We show that critical configurations with positive second variation are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-21 Marco Bonacini , Riccardo Cristoferi

This paper investigates the existence and qualitative properties of minimizers for a class of nonlocal micromagnetic energy functionals defined on bounded domains. The considered energy functional consists of a symmetric exchange…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Giovanni Di Fratta , Rossella Giorgio , Luca Lombardini

For a given family of smooth closed curves $\gamma^1,...,\gamma^\alpha\subset\mathbb{R}^3$ we consider the problem of finding an elastic \emph{connected} compact surface $M$ with boundary $\gamma=\gamma^1\cup...\cup\gamma^\alpha$. This is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-30 Matteo Novaga , Marco Pozzetta

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of minimal $N$-point Riesz $s$-energy on fractal sets of non-integer dimension, with algebraically dependent contraction ratios. For $s$ bigger than the dimension of the set $A$, we prove the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 Austin Anderson , Alexander Reznikov

We consider the minimization problem of the functional given by the sum of the fractional perimeter and a general Riesz potential, which is one generalization of Gamow's liquid drop model. We first show the existence of minimizers for any…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-30 Matteo Novaga , Fumihiko Onoue

We consider the minimal discrete and continuous energy problems on the unit sphere $\mathbb{S}^d$ in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{d+1}$ in the presence of an external field due to finitely many localized charge distributions on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-06-29 Johann S. Brauchart , Peter D. Dragnev , Edward B. Saff , Robert S. Womersley

Let $n\geq 3$ and let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ be a $\mathcal{C}^1$ bounded domain which is diffeomorphic to a ball. We investigate here the problem of finding critical points of the $n$-energy in the space $\mathcal{I}=\{v\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Dorian Martino , Katarzyna Mazowiecka , Rémy Rodiac

The ancient Gamow liquid drop model of nuclear energies has had a renewed life as an interesting problem in the calculus of variations: Find a set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$ with given volume A that minimizes the sum of its surface area…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-03 Rupert L. Frank , Elliott H. Lieb

The paper concerns the analysis of global minimizers of a Dirichlet-type energy functional in the class of $\mathbb{S}^2$-valued maps defined in cylindrical surfaces. The model naturally arises as a curved thin-film limit in the theories of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-11 Giovanni Di Fratta , Alberto Fiorenza , Valeriy Slastikov

In this paper, we investigate Riesz energy problems on unbounded conductors in $\R^d$ in the presence of general external fields $Q$, not necessarily satisfying the growth condition $Q(x)\to\infty$ as $x\to\infty$ assumed in several…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-05-19 Peter Dragnev , Ramon Orive , Edward B. Saff , Franck Wielonsky

We are concerned with the following constrained minimization problem: $$e(a_{1},a_{2},\beta) := \inf\left\{E_{a_{1},a_{2},\beta}(u_{1},u_{2}): \|u_{1}\|_{L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{3})} = \|u_{2}\|_{L^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{3})} = 1\right\},$$ where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Wenqing Wang , Xiaoyu Zeng , Huan-Song Zhou

We investigate the minimal Riesz s-energy problem for positive measures on the d-dimensional unit sphere S^d in the presence of an external field induced by a point charge, and more generally by a line charge. The model interaction is that…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-17 J. S. Brauchart , P. D. Dragnev , E. B. Saff

We study a variational problem for the perimeter associated with the Grushin plane, called minimal partition problem with trace constraint. This consists in studying how to enclose three prescribed areas in the Grushin plane, using the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Valentina Franceschi

We study a large family of Riesz-type singular interaction potentials with anisotropy in two dimensions. Their associated global energy minimizers are given by explicit formulas whose supports are determined by ellipses under certain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-28 José A. Carrillo , Ruiwen Shu

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions on a weight pair $(v,w)$ governing the boundedness of the Riesz potential operator $I_{\alpha}$ defined on a homogeneous group $G$ from $L^p_{dec,r}(w, G)$ to $L^q(v, G)$, where…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Alexander Meskhi , Ghulam Murtaza , Muhammad Sarwar

Minimization problems with respect to a one-parameter family of generalized relative entropies are studied. These relative entropies, which we term relative $\alpha$-entropies (denoted $\mathscr{I}_{\alpha}$), arise as redundancies under…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-11 M. Ashok Kumar , Rajesh Sundaresan

For compact sets in Euclidean space, Riesz energies whose exponents differ by $1$ are shown to arise as the endpoint cases of a one-parameter family of infinite-strip energies as the strip thickness increases from $0$ to $\infty$, under…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Carrie Clark , Richard S. Laugesen

For $\Omega$ a perturbation of the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^3$, we establish the existence of a sequence of local minimizers for the vector Allen-Cahn energy. The sequence converges in $L^1$ to a partition of $\Omega$ whose skeleton is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Abhishek Adimurthi , Peter Sternberg

We deal with a nonconvex and nonlocal variational problem coming from thin-film micromagnetics. It consists in a free-energy functional depending on two small parameters $\eps$ and $\eta$ and defined over $S^2-$vector fields $m$ that are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Radu Ignat , Felix Otto