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Discrete approximations to the equation \begin{equation*} L_{cont}u = u^{(4)} + D(x) u^{(3)} + A(x) u^{(2)} + (A'(x)+H(x)) u^{(1)} + B(x) u = f, \; x\in[0,1] \end{equation*} are considered. This is an extension of the Sturm-Liouville case…
In this manuscript, we study geometric regularity estimates for degenerate parabolic equations of $p$-Laplacian type ($2 \leq p< \infty$) under a strong absorption condition: $ \Delta_p u - \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \lambda_0 u_{+}^q…
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Let $(M,g)$ be a compact Riemann surface with no boundary and $u=(u_1,...,u_n)$ be a solution of the following singular Liouville system: \begin{equation*} \Delta_g u_i+\sum_{j=1}^na_{ij}\rho_j(\frac{h_je^{u_j}}{\int_M h_j…
In this paper, we obtain a Li-Yau type gradient estimate with time dependent parameter for positive solutions of the heat equation, so that the Li-Yau type gradient estimate of Li-Xu are special cases of the estimate. We also obtain…
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We establish gradient estimates for solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the constant mean curvature equation in hyperbolic space. We obtain these estimates on bounded strictly convex domains by using the maximum principles theory of…
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It is well known that second order linear ordinary differential equations with slowly varying coefficients admit slowly varying phase functions. This observation is the basis of the Liouville-Green method and many other techniques for the…