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For $s \in [1/2, 1)$, let $u$ solve $(\partial_t - \Delta)^s u = Vu$ in $\mathbb R^{n} \times [-T, 0]$ for some $T>0$ where $||V||_{ C^2(\mathbb R^n \times [-T, 0])} < \infty$. We show that if for some $0< c< T$ and $\epsilon>0$…
We study the existence and uniqueness of the positive solutions of the problem (P): $\partial_tu-\Delta u+u^q=0$ ($q>1$) in $\Omega\times (0,\infty)$, $u=\infty$ on $\partial\Omega\times (0,\infty)$ and $u(.,0)\in L^1(\Omega)$, when…
We investigate the quantitative unique continuation properties of solutions to second-order elliptic equations with lower-order terms. In particular, we establish quantitative forms of the strong unique continuation property for solutions…
We study the quantitative unique continuation property of some higher order elliptic operators. In the case of $P=(-\Delta)^m$, where $m$ is a positive integer, we derive lower bounds of decay at infinity for any nontrivial solutions under…
We discuss the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution of the following quasilinear parabolic equation $u_t-\Delta _{p(x)}u = f(x,u)$ in $ (0,T)\times\Omega$; $u = 0$ on $(0,T)\times\partial\Omega$; $u(0,x)=u_0(x)$ in $\Omega$;…
In this article, we investigate the quantitative unique continuation properties of complex-valued solutions to drift equations in the plane. We consider equations of the form $\Delta u + W \cdot \nabla u = 0$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$, where $W =…
Consider the equation $$ u'(t)-\Delta u+|u|^\rho u=0, \quad u(0)=u_0(x), (1), $$ where $ u':=\frac {du}{dt}$, $ \rho=const >0, $ $x\in \mathbb{R}^3$, $t>0$. Assume that $u_0$ is a smooth and decaying function, $$\|u_0\|\:=\sup_{x\in…
In this paper we describe some recent works on quantitative unique continuation for elliptic, parabolic and dispersive equations. The elliptic results are joint work with J.Bourgain, while the remainder of the works discussed are joint…
In this paper we study the existence and summability of the solutions to the following parabolic-elliptic system of partial differential equations with discontinuous coefficients: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t -…
This paper deals with solutions to the equation \begin{equation*} -\Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(u^+\right)^{q-1} - \lambda_- \left(u^-\right)^{q-1} \quad \text{in $B_1$} \end{equation*} where $\lambda_+,\lambda_- > 0$, $q \in (0,1)$,…
This paper is concerned with supersolutions to parabolic equations of the form \begin{equation} \partial_t U (x,t)-D(x)\Delta U(x,t)=0, \quad (x,t)\in \mathbb{R}^N \times (0,\infty), \end{equation} where $D\in C(\mathbb{R}^N)$ is positive.…
We are concerned with the nodal set of solutions to equations of the form \begin{equation*} -\Delta u = \lambda_+ \left(u^+\right)^{q-1} - \lambda_- \left(u^-\right)^{q-1} \quad \text{in $B_1$} \end{equation*} where $\lambda_+,\lambda_- >…
We study fractional parabolic equations with indefinite nonlinearities $$ \frac{\partial u} {\partial t}(x,t) +(-\Delta)^s u(x,t)= x_1 u^p(x, t),\,\, (x, t) \in \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}, $$ where $0<s<1$ and $1<p<\infty$. We first…
This paper deals with nonlinear singular partial differential equations of the form $t \partial u/\partial t=F(t,x,u,\partial u/\partial x)$ with independent variables $(t,x) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{C}$, where $F(t,x,u,v)$ is a…
In this paper we establish uniqueness criteria for positive radially symmetric finite energy solutions of semilinear elliptic systems of the form \begin{align*} \begin{aligned} - \Delta u &= f(|x|,u,v)\quad\text{in}\R^n, - \Delta v &=…
We consider an elliptic differential inequality: $\vert \Delta u(x) \vert \le C_0(\YYYY^{-\gamma}\vert u(x)\vert + \YYYY^{-\theta}\vert \nabla u(x)\vert)$ in an exterior domain $\R^n \setminus \ooo{U}$, where $U$ is a simply connected…
Given $\Omega$ a bounded open subset of $\mathbb{R}^N$, we consider nonnegative solutions to the singular semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta\,u\,=\,\frac{f}{u^{\beta}}$ in $H^1_{loc}(\Omega)$, under zero Dirichlet boundary conditions.…
We consider weak solutions $u:\Omega_{T}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{N}$ to parabolic systems of the type \[ u_{t}-\mathrm{div}\,A(x,t,Du)=f \qquad \mathrm{in}\ \Omega_{T}=\Omega\times(0,T), \] where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of…
Let $\lambda^{*}>0$ denote the largest possible value of $\lambda$ such that $$ \{{array}{lllllll} \Delta^{2}u=\frac{\lambda}{(1-u)^{p}} & \{in}\ \ B, 0<u\leq 1 & \{in}\ \ B, u=\frac{\partial u}{\partial n} =0 & \{on}\ \ \partial B. {array}…
In this paper we prove that if $u$ is a solution to second order hyperbolic equation $\partial^2_tu+a(x)\partial_tu-(div_x\left(A(x)\nabla_x u\right)+b(x)\cdot\nabla_x u+c(x)u)=0$ and $u$ is flat on a segment $\{x_0\}\times (-T,T)$ then $u$…