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Let C be the class of compact 2n-dimensional symplectic manifolds M for which the first or (n-1) Chern class vanish. We point out an integer optimization problem to find a lower bound B(n) on the number of equilibrium points of…

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An independent transversal in a multipartite graph is an independent set that intersects each part in exactly one vertex. We show that for every even integer $r\ge 2$, there exist $c_r>0$ and $n_0$ such that every $r$-partite graph with…

Let $K \subset \mathbb{R}^{2}$ be a rotation and reflection free self-similar set satisfying the strong separation condition, with dimension $\dim K = s > 1$. Intersecting $K$ with translates of a fixed line, one can study the $(s -…

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We get optimal lower bounds for the eigenvalues of the Dirac-Witten operator on locally reducible spacelike submanifold in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic expressions. The limiting-cases are also studied.

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Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be an open bounded domain and $m\in \mathbb{N}$. Given $k_1,\ldots,k_m\in \mathbb{N}$, we consider a wide class of optimal partition problems involving Dirichlet eigenvalues of elliptic operators, of the…

For a closed connected oriented manifold $M$ of dimension $2n$, it was proved by M\o ller and Raussen that the components of the mapping space from $M$ to $S^{2n}$ have exactly two different rational homotopy types. However, since this…

We study the minimization of the positive principal eigenvalue associated to a weighted Neumann problem settled in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$, within a suitable class of sign-changing weights. Denoting with $u$…

We prove that the nodal set (zero set) of a solution of a generalized Dirac equation on a Riemannian manifold has codimension 2 at least. If the underlying manifold is a surface, then the nodal set is discrete. We obtain a quick proof of…

We investigate the asymptotic behavior, as $N$ grows, of the largest minimal pairwise distance of $N$ points restricted to an arbitrary compact rectifiable set embedded in Euclidean space, and we find the limit distribution of such optimal…

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We associate a sequence of variational eigenvalues to any Radon measure on a compact Riemannian manifold. For particular choices of measures, we recover the Laplace, Steklov and other classical eigenvalue problems. In the first part of the…

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