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We propose a fully discrete variational scheme for nonlinear evolution equations with gradient flow structure on the space of finite Radon measures on an interval with respect to a generalized version of the Wasserstein distance with…

Given any continuous, lower bounded and $\kappa$-convex function $V$ on a metric measure space $(X,d,m)$ which is infinitesimally Hilbertian and satisfies some synthetic lower bound for the Ricci curvature in the sense of…

In this paper, we investigate the problem of finding minimal graphs in $M^n\times\mathbb R$ with general boundary conditions using a variational approach. We look at so called generalized solutions of the Dirichlet Problem that minimize a…

We consider the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $iu_t+ \Delta u+ \lambda |u|^\alpha u=0$ in $\R^N $, in the $H^s$-subcritical and critical cases $0<\alpha \le 4/(N-2s)$, where $0<s<N/2$. Local existence of solutions…

We introduce two flow approaches to the Loewner--Nirenberg problem on comapct Riemannian manifolds $(M^n,g)$ with boundary and establish the convergence of the corresponding Cauchy--Dirichlet problems to the solution of the…

The Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equation \begin{align} &u_t-u_{txx}+3\kappa u_x+4uu_x=3u_x u_{xx}+uu_{xxx}, \nonumber \end{align} serving as an asymptotic approximation for the unidirectional propagation of shallow water waves, is an integrable…

Existence of solutions to doubly nonlinear equations in reflexive Banach spaces is established by resorting to a global-in-time variational approach inspired by De Giorgi's principle, which characterizes the associated flows as…

Here we solve the problem posed by Comte and Lachand-Robert in (2001). Take a bounded domain \Omega in R^2 and a piecewise smooth non-positive function u : \bar{\Omega} \to R vanishing on the boundary of \Omega. Consider a flow of point…

The initial-value problem for the perturbed gradient flow \[ B(t,u(t)) \in \partial\Psi_{u(t)}(u'(t))+\partial \mathcal E_t(u(t)) \text{ for a.a. } t\in (0,T),\qquad u(0)=u_0 \] with a perturbation $B$ in a Banach space $V$ is investigated,…

We consider determining the $\R$-minimizing solution of ill-posed problem $A x = y$ for a bounded linear operator $A: X \to Y$ from a Banach space $X$ to a Hilbert space $Y$, where $\R: X \to (-\infty, \infty]$ is a strongly convex…

We consider the following elliptic system \Delta u =\nabla H (u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^N, where $u:\mathbf{R}^N\to \mathbf{R}^m$ and $H\in C^2(\mathbf{R}^m)$, and prove, under various conditions on the nonlinearity $H$ that, at least…

We study the equation of one-dimensional quasistatic nonlinear viscoelasticity with Dirichlet boundary conditions, in the particular case that the underlying dissipation geometry (provided by the viscosity) is comparable to the Bhattacharya…

The main result of this paper is: {\bf Theorem.} Let $f:\mathbb{R}^k\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a $C^{1}$ function, so that $\nabla f$ is locally Lipschitz continuous. Assume moreover that $f$ is $C^2$ near its generalised saddle points. Fix…

We develop the theory of fractional gradient flows: an evolution aimed at the minimization of a convex, l.s.c.~energy, with memory effects. This memory is characterized by the fact that the negative of the (sub)gradient of the energy equals…

We present two novel methods for approximating minimizers of the abstract Rayleigh quotient $\Phi(u)/ \|u\|^p$. Here $\Phi$ is a strictly convex functional on a Banach space with norm $\|\cdot\|$, and $\Phi$ is assumed to be positively…

The gradient flow of the Canham-Helfrich functional is tackled via the Generalized Minimizing Movements approach. We prove the existence of solutions in Wasserstein spaces of varifolds, as well as upper and lower diameter bounds. In the…

This is our third paper, after [4] and [5], about a joint application of the theory developed by Brezis and Mawhin in [1] with our minimax theorems ([2], [3]) to get multiple solutions of problems of the type…

In this paper, we investigate the Cauchy problem for the shallow water type equation \[ u_{t}+\partial_{x}^{3}u + \frac{1}{2}\partial_{x}(u^{2})+\partial_{x} (1-\partial_{x}^{2})^{-1}\left[u^{2}+\frac{1}{2}u_{x}^{2}\right]=0,x\in {\mathbf…

We develop a variational approach to the minimization problem of functionals of the type $\frac12\left\lVert \nabla \phi \right\rVert^2_2 + \beta \left\lVert \phi \right\rVert_1$ constrained by $\left\lVert \phi \right\rVert_2 = 1$ which is…

Considering the Cauchy problem for the modified finite-depth-fluid equation $\partial_tu-\G_\delta(\partial_x^2u)\mp u^2u_x=0, u(0)=u_0$, where $\G_\delta f=-i \ft ^{-1}[\coth(2\pi \delta \xi)-\frac{1}{2\pi \delta \xi}]\ft f$, $\delta\ges…