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In this study, we give the Sturm comparison theorems for discrete fractional Sturm-Liouville (DFSL) equations within Riemann-Liouville and Gr\"unwald-Letnikov sense. The emergence of Sturm-Liouville equations began as one dimensional…

There is $c_{} > 0$ such that for all $f \in C[0,\pi]$ with at most $d-1$ roots inside $(0,\pi)$ $$ \sum_{1 \leq n \leq d}{ \left| \left\langle f, \sin\left( n x\right) \right\rangle \right|} \geq \kappa^{-\kappa^2 \log{\kappa}}\|f\|_{L^2}…

In the light of the Sturm-Liouville theorem, the Levinson theorem for the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with both local and non-local cylindrically symmetric potentials is studied. It is proved that the two-dimensional Levinson theorem holds for…

A comparison theorem is proved for a pair of solutions that satisfy in a weak sense opposite differential inequalities with nonlinearity of the form $f (u)$ with $f$ belonging to the class $L^p_{loc}$. The solutions are assumed to have…

In an earlier article [3], we presented an algorithm that can be used to rigorously check whether a specific cosine or sine polynomial is nonnegative in a given interval or not. The algorithm proves to be an indispensable tool in…

We show that Sturm's classical comparison theorem (SCT) on the interlacing of zeros of solutions of pairs of real second order two-term ordinary differential equations necessarily fails if the usual Sturmian-type conditions on the…

This article examines a new approach to solving ordinary differential equations based on Fractional-Calculus theory. Poisson and Sturm-Liouville-type problems are studied, together with different boundary conditions. Each case is analyzed…

We extend the classical fundamental theorem of the local theory of smooth curves to a wider class of non-smooth data. Curvature and torsion are prescribed in terms of the distributional derivative measures of two given functions of bounded…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N \geq 2$, be a smooth bounded domain. For $s \in (1/2,1)$, we consider a problem of the form \[ \left\{\begin{aligned} (-\Delta)^s u & = \mu(x)\, \mathbb{D}_s^{2}(u) + \lambda f(x)\,, & \quad \mbox{in}…

We show that Sturm's classical separation theorem on the interlacing of the zeros of linearly independent solutions of real second order two-term ordinary differential equations necessarily fails in the presence of a unique turning point in…

Sturm theory for second order differential equations was generalized to systems and higher order equations with positive leading coefficient by several authors. Here we propose a Sturm oscillation theorem for indefinite systems of even…

The nonlocal $s$-fractional minimal surface equation for $\Sigma= \partial E$ where $E$ is an open set in $R^N$ is given by $$ H_\Sigma^ s (p) := \int_{R^N} \frac {\chi_E(x) - \chi_{E^c}(x)} {|x-p|^{N+s}}\, dx \ =\ 0 \quad \text{for all }…

The wavefronts of a nonlinear nonlocal bistable reaction-diffusion equation, \begin{align*} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial^2u}{\partial x^2}+u^2(1-J_\sigma*u)-du,\quad(t,x)\in(0,\infty)\times\mathbb R, \end{align*} with…

In this paper, we are concerned with the fractional and higher order H\'{e}non-Hardy type equations \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}u(x)=f(x,u(x)) \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \text{in} \,\,\, \mathbb{R}^{n}, \,\,\,…

We prove a splitting theorem for Riemannian n-manifolds with scalar curvature bounded below by a negative constant and containing certain area-minimising hypersurfaces (Theorem 3). Thus we generalise [25,Theorem 3] by Nunes. This splitting…

A theorem on the solutions of the problem $U'(w)=\gamma F(U(w),w),\ U(w_1)=u_2,\ U(w_2)=u_2$ is applied for finding the functional solutions of the system of partial differential equations \begin{equation} \nabla\cdot(a(u,w)\nabla u)=0,\…

We prove that certain nonlocal functionals defined on partitions made of measurable sets Gamma-converge to a local functional modeled on the perimeter in the sense of De Giorgi. Those nonlocal functionals involve generalized surface tension…

This work is devoted to the study of the existence of at least one weak solution to nonlocal equations involving a general integro-differential operator of fractional type. As a special case, we derive an existence theorem for the…

We consider an inverse optimization spectral problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator $$\mathcal{L}[q] u:=-u''+q(x)u$$ subject to the separated boundary conditions. In the main result, we prove that this problem is related to the existence…

We present a new proof of the classical divergence theorem in bounded domains. Our proof is based on a nonlocal analog of the divergence theorem and a rescaling argument. Main ingredients in the proof are nonlocal versions of the divergence…