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We study the PDE $\lambda_j(D^2 u) = 0$, in $\Omega$, with $u=g$, on $\partial \Omega$. Here $\lambda_1(D^2 u) \leq ... \leq \lambda_N (D^2 u)$ are the ordered eigenvalues of the Hessian $D^2 u$. First, we show a geometric interpretation of…

We prove a local H\"{o}lder estimate with an exponent $0<\delta<\frac 12$ for solutions of the dynamic programming principle $$u^\varepsilon (x) =\sum_{j=1}^n \alpha_j\inf_{\dim(S)=j}\sup_{\substack{v\in S\\ |v|=1}}\frac{ u^\varepsilon (x +…

Large time behavior of solutions to abstract differential equations is studied. The corresponding evolution problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u)+b(t), \quad t\ge 0; \quad u(0)=u_0. \qquad (*)$$ Here $\dot{u}:=\frac {du}{dt}$, $u=u(t)\in H$,…

In this paper we use probabilistic arguments (Tug-of-War games) to obtain existence of viscosity solutions to a parabolic problem of the form $$ {cases} K_{(x,t)}(D u)u_t (x,t)= \frac12 <D^2 u J_{(x,t)}(D u),J_{(x,t)}(D u) (x,t) &{in}…

We consider the (viscosity) solution $u(x,t)$ of the nonlinear evolution equation $u_t-\Delta^G_p u=0$ in a (not necessarily bounded) domain $\Omega$, such that $u=0$ in $\Omega$ at time $t=0$ and $u=1$ on the boundary of $\Omega$ at all…

In this paper we study the evolution problem associated with the first fractional eigenvalue. We prove that the Dirichlet problem with homogeneous boundary condition is well posed for this operator in the framework of viscosity solutions…

Large time behavior of solutions to abstract differential equations is studied. The corresponding evolution problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u)+b(t), \quad t\ge 0; \quad u(0)=u_0. \qquad (*)$$ Here $\dot{u}:=\frac {du}{dt}$, $u=u(t)\in H$,…

We show that value functions of a certain time-dependent control problem in $\Omega\times (0,T)$, with a continuous payoff $F$ on the parabolic boundary, converge uniformly to the viscosity solution of the parabolic dominative $p$-Laplace…

This paper studies eigenvalues of some Steklov problems. Among other things, we show the following sharp estimtes. Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in an $n(\geq 2)$-dimensional Hadamard manifold an let $0=\lambda_0 < \lambda_1\leq…

An evolution problem for abstract differential equations is studied. The typical problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u), \quad t\geq 0; \,\, u(0)=u_0;\quad \dot{u}=\frac {du}{dt}\qquad (*)$$ Here $A(t)$ is a linear bounded operator in a Hilbert…

We study the asymptotic behavior of C^2-evolutions u = u(x,t) under a given action of the m-Hessian evolution operators and boundary conditions. We obtain sufficient (close to necessary) conditions for the convergence of solutions to the…

The paper addresses the doubly elliptic eigenvalue problem $$\begin{cases} -\Delta u=\lambda u \qquad &\text{in $\Omega$,}\\ u=0 &\text{on $\Gamma_0$,}\\ -\Delta_\Gamma u +\partial_\nu u =\lambda u\qquad &\text{on $\Gamma_1$,} \end{cases}…

We consider the problem of finding a real number lambda and a function u satisfying the PDE max{lambda -\Delta u -f,|Du|-1}=0, for all x in R^n. Here f is a convex, superlinear function. We prove that there is a unique lambda* such that the…

We consider some discrete and continuous dynamics in a Banach space involving a non expansive operator $J$ and a corresponding family of strictly contracting operators $\Phi(\lambda,x):=\lambda J(\frac{1-\lambda}{\lambda}x)$ for…

We consider a linear non-autonomous evolutionary Cauchy problem \begin{equation} \dot{u} (t)+A(t)u(t)=f(t) \hbox{ for }\ \hbox{a.e. t}\in [0,T],\quad u(0)=u_0, \end{equation} where the operator $A(t)$ arises from a time depending…

Let $N>2$, $p\in \left(\frac{2N}{N+2},+\infty\right)$, and $\Omega$ be an open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$. We consider the minimum problem $$ \mathcal{J} (u) := \displaystyle\int_{\Omega } \left(\frac{1}{p}| \nabla u|…

This paper is dedicated to a free boundary system arising in the study of a class of shape optimization problems. The problem involves three variables: two functions $u$ and $v$, and a domain $\Omega$; with $u$ and $v$ being both positive…

In this paper, our main goal is to study the evolution problem associated with the Laplacian operator with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a regular tree. To this end, we place special emphasis on the associated first eigenvalue problem,…

In this paper we study the vanishing inertia and viscosity limit of a second order system set in an Euclidean space, driven by a possibly nonconvex time-dependent potential satisfying very general assumptions. By means of a variational…

In the paper we prove the convergence of viscosity solutions $u_{\lambda}$ as $\lambda\rightarrow0_+$ for the parametrized degenerate viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation \[ H(x,d_x u, \lambda u)=\alpha(x)\Delta u,\quad \alpha(x)\geq 0,\quad…