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We consider the Dirichlet problem for the energy-critical heat equation \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u+u^5,~&\mbox{ in } \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^+,\\ u(x,t)=0,~&\mbox{ on } \partial \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^+,\\…

We consider the nonlinear heat equation with a nonlinear gradient term: $\partial_t u =\Delta u+\mu|\nabla u|^q+|u|^{p-1}u,\; \mu>0,\; q=2p/(p+1),\; p>3,\; t\in (0,T),\; x\in \R^N.$ We construct a solution which blows up in finite time…

We prove a sharp dispersive estimate $$ |P_{ac}u(t,x)|\le C|t|^{-1/2}\|u(0)\|_{L^1(R)} $$ for the one dimensional Schr\"odinger equation $$ iu_{t}-u_{xx}+V(x)u+V_0 u=0, $$ where $(1+x^2)V\in L^1(R)$ and $V_0$ is a step function, real valued…

We consider the asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions $u(t,x)$ of the fast diffusion equation $u_t=\Delta (u^{m}/m)={\rm div} (u^{m-1}\nabla u)$ posed for $x\in\RR^d$, $t>0$, with a precise value for the exponent $m=(d-4)/(d-2)$. The…

We establish in the present paper two sub-gradient estimates for the quaternionic contact (qc) heat equation on a compact qc manifold of dimension $4n+3$, provided some positivity conditions are satisfied. These are qc versions of the…

Given a smooth closed Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ of dimension $N \ge 3$, we derive sharp quantitative stability estimates for nonnegative functions near the solution set of the Yamabe problem on $(M,g)$. The seminal work of Struwe (1984)…

We present an analysis on the convergence properties of the so-called geometric heat flow equation for computing geodesics (extremal curves) on Riemannian manifolds. Computing geodesics numerically in real time has become an important…

In this article, we study the following Hamiltonian system: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \begin{aligned} &-\varepsilon^{2}\Delta_{g} u +u = |v|^{q-1}v, &-\varepsilon^{2}\Delta_{g} v +v = |u|^{p-1}u && \text{ in } \mathcal{M}, & \quad u,v…

Estimating the norm of the solution of the linear difference equation $u(\theta)-u(\theta+\omega)=v(\theta)$ plays a fundamental role in KAM theory. Optimal (in certain sense) estimates for the solution of this equation were provided by…

We establish both the existence and uniqueness of non-negative global solutions for the nonlinear heat equation $u_t-\Delta u=|x|^{-\gamma}\,u^q$, $0<q<1$, $\gamma>0$ in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$, and for non-negative initial data…

We study the nonlinear fractional equation $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, for all fractions $0<s<1$ and all nonlinearities $f$. For every fractional power $s \in (0,1)$, we obtain sharp energy estimates for bounded global…

In this paper, we discuss the validity of the Liouville property for $X$-harmonic functions, i.e. positive solution to $\Delta_{X}u=0$, where $X$ is a vector field on a complete, non-compact Riemannian manifold and $\Delta_{X}$ is the…

In this paper, we consider the non-linear general $p$-Laplacian equation $\Delta_{p,f}u+F(u)=0$ for a smooth function $F$ on smooth metric measure spaces. Assume that a Sobolev inequality holds true on $M$ and an integral Ricci curvature is…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^n$, $n\ge 5$. We consider the semilinear heat equation at the critical Sobolev exponent $$ u_t = \Delta u + u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}} \inn \Omega\times (0,\infty), \quad u =0 \onn \pp\Omega\times…

Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n$, and $k\geq 1$ an integer such that $n>2k$. We show that there exists $B_0>0$ such that for all $u \in H^{k}(M)$, \[\|u\|_{L^{2^\sharp}(M)}^2 \leq K_0^2 \int_M |\Delta_g^{k/2}…

We consider the following exponential reaction-diffusion equation involving a nonlinear gradient term: $$\partial_t U = \Delta U + \alpha|\nabla U|^2 + e^U,\quad (x, t)\in\mathbb{R}^N\times[0,T), \quad \alpha > -1.$$ We construct for this…

We investigate the nonexistence and existence of nontrivial positive solutions to $\Delta_m u+u^p|\nabla u|^q\leq0$ on noncompact geodesically complete Riemannian manifolds, where $m>1$, and $(p,q)\in \mathbb{R}^2$. According to…

In this paper, we consider the standard semilinear heat equation \begin{eqnarray*} \partial_t u = \Delta u + |u|^{p-1}u, \quad p >1. \end{eqnarray*} The determination of the (believed to be) generic blowup profile is well-established in the…

We prove global and local upper bounds for the Hessian of log positive solutions of the heat equation on a Riemannian manifold. The metric is either fixed or evolves under the Ricci flow. These upper bounds supplement the well-known global…

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