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We discuss recent advances in the theory of quasilinear equations of the type $ -\Delta_{p} u = \sigma u^{q} \; \; \text{in} \;\; \mathbb{R}^n, $ in the case $0<q< p-1$, where $\sigma$ is a nonnegative measurable function, or measure, for…

We establish an explicit maximum principle for the Dirichlet problem associated with the $p$-Laplacian ($p>1$), where the constant depends on both $p$ and the geometry of the domain. From this result we derive two main applications. First,…

In this article the problem to be studied is the following $$ (P) \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} u_t+(-\D^s_{p}) u & = & f(x,t) & \text{ in } \O_{T}\equiv \Omega \times (0,T), \\ u & = & 0 & \text{ in }(\ren\setminus\O) \times (0,T), \\ u &…

We investigate nonnegative solutions $u(x,t)$ and $v(x,t)$ of the nonlinear system of inequalities \[0\leq(\partial_t -\Delta)^\alpha u\leq v^\lambda\] \[ 0\leq (\partial_t -\Delta)^\beta v\leq u^\sigma\] in $\mathbb{R}^n \times\mathbb{R}$,…

We consider time-fractional parabolic equations with a Caputo time derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. For such equations, we give an elementary proof of the weak maximum principle under no assumptions on the sign of the reaction…

In this note we show the existence of at least three nontrivial solutions to the following quasilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta_p u = |u|^{p^*-2}u + \lambda f(x,u)$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\R^N$ with homogeneous Dirichlet…

Time fractional parabolic problem for p-Laplacian with double singular Hardy-type potential is considered. Comparison principle and appriory estimates for the weak solutions are proved. Existence of global weak solutions and finite-time…

Using a variational technique we guarantee the existence of a solution to the \emph{resonant Lane-Emden} problem $-\Delta_p u=\lambda |u|^{q-2}u$, $u|_{\partial\Omega}=0$ if and only if a solution to $-\Delta_p u=\lambda |u|^{q-2}u+f$,…

We investigate pointwise upper bounds for nonnegative solutions $u(x,t)$ of the nonlinear initial value problem \begin{equation}\label{0.1} 0\leq(\partial_t-\Delta)^\alpha u\leq u^\lambda \quad\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^n…

We look for nonconstant, positive, radially nondecreasing solutions of the quasilinear equation $-\Delta_p u+u^{p-1}=f(u)$ with $p>2$, in the unit ball $B$ of $\mathbb R^N$, subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The…

In this paper, we consider a doubly nonlinear parabolic equation $ \partial _t \beta (u) - \nabla \cdot \alpha (x , \nabla u) \ni f$ with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition in a bounded domain, where $\beta : \mathbb{R} \to 2 ^{…

If $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^N$ and $f$ a continuous increasing function satisfying a super linear growth condition at infinity, we study the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the problem (P): $\partial_tu-\Delta…

In this paper, we consider an initial-boundary value problem of the p-Laplacian parabolic equations \begin{equation} \begin{cases} u_{t}\left(x,t\right)=\mbox{div}(|\nabla u\left(x,t\right)|^{p-2}\nabla u(x,t))+f(u(x,t)), &…

We consider non-negative, weak solutions to the doubly nonlinear parabolic equation $$ \partial_t u^q-\mbox{div}(|Du|^{p-2}Du)=0 $$ in the super-critical fast diffusion regime $0<p-1<q<\frac{N(p-1)}{(N-p)_+}$. We show that when solutions…

We consider elliptic equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinearity $$ -\Delta u = \lambda |u|^{\beta-1}u-|u|^{\alpha-1}u$$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions; here…

In this paper we develop a comprehensive study on principal eigenvalues and both the (weak and strong) maximum and comparison principles related to an important class of nonlinear systems involving fractional $m$-Laplacian operators.…

In this work we present a Lyapunov inequality for linear and quasilinear elliptic differential operators in $N-$dimensional domains $\Omega$. We also consider singular and degenerate elliptic problems with $A_p$ coefficients involving the…

In this paper, we prove a maximum principle for the $p$-Laplacian with a sign-changing weight. As an application of this maximum principle, we study the existence of one-sign solutions for a class of quasilinear elliptic problems.

We present extensions of the comparison and maximum principles available for nonlinear non-local integro-differential operators $P:\mathcal{C}^{2,1}(\Omega \times (0,T])\times L^\infty (\Omega \times (0,T])\to\mathbb{R}$, of the form $P[u]…

In this paper we find a positive weak solution for a semipositone $p(\cdot )$- Laplacian problem. More precisely, we find a solution for the problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array}{cc} -\Delta _{p(\cdot )}u=f(u)-\lambda & \text{in }\Omega \\ u>0 &…