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We prove the existence of a class of large global scattering solutions of Boltzmann's equation with constant collision kernel in two dimensions. These solutions are found for $L^2$ perturbations of an underlying initial data which is…
We study the global structure of the set of radial solutions of a nonlinear Dirichlet problem involving the p-Laplacian with p>2, in the unit ball of $R^N$, $N \ges 1$. We show that all non-trivial radial solutions lie on smooth curves of…
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The Cauchy problem for the L^2-critical boson star equation with initial data of low regularity in spatial dimension d=3 is studied. Local well-posedness in H^s for s > 1/4 is proved. Moreover, for radial initial data, local well-posedness…
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We revisit the local well-posedness theory of nonlinear Schr\"odinger and wave equations in Sobolev spaces $H^s$ and $\dot{H}^s$, $0< s\leq 1$. The theory has been well established over the past few decades under Sobolev initial data…
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A class of vacuum initial-data sets is described which are based on certain expressions for the extrinsic curvature first studied and employed by Bowen and York. These expressions play a role for the momentum constraint of general…
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