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We study a semilinear elliptic equation with a pure power nonlinearity with exponent $p>1$, and provide sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions. These conditions involve expected exit times from the domain, $D$, where…

We investigate the initial value problem for a semilinear heat equation with exponential-growth nonlinearity in two space dimension. First, we prove the local existence and unconditional uniqueness of solutions in the Sobolev space…

We establish the uniqueness of the higher radial bound state solutions of $$ \Delta u +f(u)=0,\quad x\in \RR^n. \leqno(P) $$ We assume that the nonlinearity $f\in C(-\infty,\infty)$ is an odd function satisfying some convexity and growth…

We consider the scalar semilinear heat equation $u_t-\Delta u=f(u)$, where $f\colon[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ is continuous and non-decreasing but need not be convex. We completely characterise those functions $f$ for which the equation has a…

Let $u$ be a bounded positive solution to the problem $-\Delta_p u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with zero Dirichlet boundary condition, where $p>1$ and $f$ is a locally Lipschitz continuous function. Among other things, we show that if…

Let $M$ be a complete non-compact Riemannian manifold and let $\sigma $ be a Radon measure on $M$. We study the problem of existence or non-existence of positive solutions to a semilinear elliptic inequaliy \begin{equation*} -\Delta u\geq…

For open sets $U$ in some space $X$, we are interested in positive solutions to semi-linear equations $ Lu=\varphi(\cdot,u)\mu$ on $U$. Here $L$ may be an elliptic or parabolic operator of second order (generator of a diffusion process) or…

Our work proposes a unified approach to three different topics in a general Riemannian setting: splitting theorems, symmetry results and overdetermined elliptic problems. By the existence of a stable solution to the semilinear equation…

We prove a new linearization principle for the nonlinear stability of solutions to semilinear evolution equations of parabolic type. We assume that the set of equilibria forms a finite dimensional manifold of normally stable and normally…

We derive a blow-up dichotomy for positive solutions of fractional semilinear heat equations on the whole space. That is, within a certain class of convex source terms, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition on the source for all…

We will investigate the asymptotic behavior of positive solutions of the elliptic equation \Delta u+|x|^{l_{1}}u^{p}+|x|^{l_{2}}u^{q}=0 {in} R^{n}. We establish that for $n\geq 3$ and $q>p>1$, any positive radial solution of (0.1) has the…

We investigate positive steady states of an indefinite superlinear reaction-diffusion equation arising from population dynamics, coupled with a nonlinear boundary condition. Both the equation and the boundary condition depend upon a…

In this paper existence and nonexistence results of positive radial solutions of a Dirichlet $m$-Laplacian problem with different weights and a diffusion term inside the divergence of the form $\big(a(|x|)+g(u)\big)^{-\gamma}$, with…

We prove some uniqueness result for solutions to the heat equation on Riemannian manifolds. In particular, we prove the uniqueness of $L^p$ solutions with $0< p< 1$, and improves the $L^1$ uniqueness result of P. Li by weakening the…

We study nonexistence results and gradient estimates for solutions of \[ \Delta_p v + a v^{q}=0 \] defined on complete Riemannian manifolds satisfying a \emph{$\chi$-type Sobolev inequality}. We establish a Liouville theorem under the…

We study self-similar solutions of a multi-phase Stefan problem for a heat equation on the half-line $x>0$ with a constant initial data and with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. In the case of Dirichlet boundary condition we prove…

We prove the uniform boundedness of all solutions for a general class of Dirichlet anisotropic elliptic problems of the form $$-\Delta_{\overrightarrow{p}}u+\Phi_0(u,\nabla u)=\Psi(u,\nabla u) +f $$ on a bounded open subset $\Omega\subset…

We find an explicit form of weak solutions to a Riemann problem for a degenerate semilinear parabolic equation with piecewise constant diffusion coefficient. It is demonstrated that the phase transition lines (free boundaries) correspond to…

We introduce a new Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian arising from a simple probabilistic consideration, and we discuss the basic properties of this model. We can consider both elliptic and parabolic equations in any domain. In…

We study scattering solutions $\phi$ of the linear wave equation on extremal Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m spacetimes, satisfying the following properties: i) $\phi$ attains a prescribed radiation field $\psi_{\mathcal{I}}$ through future null…