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Solutions to a singular one-dimensional Vlasov equation are obtained as the semiclassical limit of the Wigner transform associated to a logarithmic Schrodinger equation. Two frameworks are considered, regarding in particular the initial…

Section 1 refines the theory of harmonic and potential maps. Section 2 defines a generalized Lorentz world-force law and shows that any PDEs system of order one generates such a law in suitable geometrical structure. In other words, the…

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Levinson's theorem for the Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a cylindrically symmetric potential in two dimensions is re-established by the Sturm-Liouville theorem. The critical case, where the Schr\"{o}dinger equation has a finite zero-energy…

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There are several formulations of the second law, and they may, in principle, have different domains of validity. Here a simple mathematical theorem is proven which serves as the most general basis for the second law, namely the Thomson…

We proceed with the investigation of the problem $(P_\lambda): $ $-\Delta u = \lambda b(x)|u|^{q-2}u +a(x)|u|^{p-2}u \ \mbox{ in } \Omega, \ \ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \mathbf{n}} = 0 \ \mbox{ on } \partial \Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a…

We consider nonlinear viscoelastic materials of Kelvin-Voigt type with stored energies satisfying an Andrews-Ball condition, allowing for non convexity in a compact set. Existence of weak solutions with deformation gradients in $H^1$ is…

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We consider the $3$-dimensional relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system with data without compact support in momentum space. We prove two continuation criteria for solutions to this system. First, we show that a regular solution can be continued…

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In the light of the generalized Sturm-Liouville theorem, the Levinson theorem for the Dirac equation in two dimensions is established as a relation between the total number $n_{j}$ of the bound states and the sum of the phase shifts…

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