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We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^{p(x)}+ \lambda \chi_{\{u>0\}} dx$ in the class of functions $W^{1,p(\cdot)}(\Omega)$ with $u-\phi_0\in W_0^{1,p(\cdot)}(\Omega)$, for a given $\phi_0\geq 0$ and…

In this paper we study the following singular perturbation problem for the $p_\varepsilon(x)$-Laplacian: \[ \Delta_{p_\varepsilon(x)}u^\varepsilon:=\mbox{div}(|\nabla u^\varepsilon(x)|^{p_\varepsilon(x)-2}\nabla…

In this paper we consider a weakly coupled $p$-Laplacian system of a Bernoulli type free boundary problem, through minimization of a corresponding functional. We prove various properties of any local minimizer and the corresponding free…

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|…

We study a nonlinear generalization of a free boundary problem that arises in the context of thermal insulation. We consider two open sets $\Omega\subseteq A$, and we search for an optimal $A$ in order to minimize a non-linear energy…

In this paper we study a one phase free boundary problem for the p(x)-Laplacian with non-zero right hand side. We prove that the free boundary of a weak solution is a C^1 surface in a neighborhood of every free boundary point. We also…

The aim of this paper is to study the heterogeneous optimization problem \begin{align*} \mathcal {J}(u)=\int_{\Omega}(G(|\nabla u|)+qF(u^+)+hu+\lambda_{+}\chi_{\{u>0\}} )\text{d}x\rightarrow\text{min}, \end{align*} in the class of functions…

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}G(|\nabla u|)+\lambda \chi_{\{u>0\}} dx$ in the class of functions $W^{1,G}(\Omega)$ with $u-\phi_0\in W_0^{1,G}(\Omega)$, for a given $\phi_0\geq 0$ and bounded.…

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle for the $p$-Laplacian, $\min\bigl\{-\Delta_p u,\,u-\varphi\bigr\}=0$ in $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$. Here, $\Delta_p u=\textrm{div}\bigl(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\bigr)$, and…

In this paper we discuss the obstacle problem for the $p$-Laplace operator. We prove optimal growth results for the solution. Of particular interest is the point-wise regularity of the solution at free boundary points. The most surprising…

In this manuscript we deal with regularity issues and the asymptotic behaviour (as $p \to \infty$) of solutions for elliptic free boundary problems of $p-$Laplacian type ($2 \leq p< \infty$): \begin{equation*} -\Delta_p u(x) +…

In this paper, we consider the existence of solutions of the following nonhomogeneous fractional $p(x,.)$-Laplacian Dirichlet problem: \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{aligned} \Big(-\Delta_{p(x,.)}\Big)^s u (x)&=f(x, u) &\text { in }&…

In this paper we consider the minimization of the functional \[ J[u]:=\int_\Omega |\Delta u|^2+\chi_{\{u>0\}} \] in the admissible class of functions \[ \mathcal A:= \left\{u\in W^{2, 2}(\Omega) {\mbox{ s.t. }} u-u_0\in W^{1,2}_0(\Omega)…

We study local boundedness for subsolutions of nonlinear nonuniformly elliptic equations whose prototype is given by $\nabla \cdot (\lambda |\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u)=0$, where the variable coefficient $0\leq\lambda$ and its inverse…

We consider the problem: $$\inf_{{u}\in {H}^{1}_{g}(\Omega),\|u\|_{q}=1} \int_{\Omega}{p(x)}|\nabla{u(x)}|^{2}dx-\lambda\int_{\Omega}| u(x)|^{2}dx$$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\R^{n}$, ${n}\geq{4}$, $ p :…

We study the minimum problem for the functional $\int_{\Omega}\bigl( \vert \nabla \mathbf{u} \vert^{2} + Q^{2}\chi_{\{\vert \mathbf{u}\vert>0\}} \bigr)dx$ with the constraint $u_i\geq 0$ for $i=1,\cdots,m$ where…

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In this work, we study the existence of $W_0^{1, p(\cdot)}$-solutions to the following boundary value problem involving the $p(\cdot)$-Laplacian operator: \begin{equation*} \left\lbrace \begin{array}{l} -\Delta_{p(x)}u+|\nabla…

We consider a number of boundary value problems involving the $p$-Laplacian. The model case is $-\Delta_p u=V|u|^{p-2}u$ for $u\in W_0^{1,2}(D)$ with $D$ a bounded domain in ${\bf R}^n$. We derive necessary conditions for the existence of…

We investigate the following fractional $p$-Laplacian equation \[ \begin{cases} \begin{aligned} (-\Delta)_p^s u&=\lambda |u|^{q-2}u+|u|^{p_s^*-2}u &&\text{in}~\Omega,\\ u &=0 &&\text{in}~ \mathbb{R}^n\setminus\Omega, \end{aligned}…