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For $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n}$ an open and bounded region we consider solutions $u\in W_{\text{loc}}^{1,p(x)}\big(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^{N}\big)$, with $N>1$, of the $p(x)$-Laplacian system \begin{equation}…

We study the following singular problem involving the p$(x)$-Laplace operator $\Delta_{p(x)}u= div(|\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\nabla u)$, where $p(x)$ is a nonconstant continuous function, \begin{equation} \nonumber {{(\rm P_\lambda)}}…

We consider solutions $u\in W^{1,p}\big(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^{N}\big)$ of the $p$-Laplacian PDE \begin{equation} \nabla\cdot\big(a(x)|Du|^{p-2}Du\big)=0,\notag \end{equation} for $x\in\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n}$, where $\Omega$ is open and…

We consider the existence of solutions of the following $p(x)$-Laplacian Dirichlet problem without the Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz condition: $-\mbox{div}(|\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\nabla u)=f(x,u) \text{ in }\Omega,$ and $u=0,\text{ on }\partial…

We consider a quasilinear equation given in the half-space, i.e. a so called boundary reaction problem. Our concerns are a geometric Poincar\'e inequality and, as a byproduct of this inequality, a result on the symmetry of low-dimensional…

We study the behavior of $p$-Dirichlet optimal design problem with volume constraint for $p$ large. As the limit as $p$ goes to infinity, we find a limiting free boundary problem governed by the infinity-Laplacian operator. We establish a…

Given the eigenvalue problem for the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions, (with $\beta\in\R\setminus\{0\}$ the Robin parameter), we consider a shape minimization problem for a function of the first eigenvalues if $\beta>0$ and a shape…

In this paper we consider a minimization problem for the functional $$ J(u)=\int_{B_1^+}|\nabla u|\sp 2+\lambda_{+}^2\chi_{\{u>0\}}+\lambda_{-}^2\chi_{\{u\leq0\}}, $$ in the upper half ball $B_1^+\subset\R^n, n\geq 2$ subject to a Lipschitz…

We study nonnegative solutions of the boundary value problem $$-\Delta u = \lambda c(x)u + \mu(x)|\nabla u|^2 + h(x),\quad u\in H^1_0(\Omega)\cap L^\infty(\Omega), \leqno(P_\lambda)$$ where $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain, $\mu, c\in…

Consider the class of optimal partition problems with long range interactions \[ \inf \left\{ \sum_{i=1}^k \lambda_1(\omega_i):\ (\omega_1,\ldots, \omega_k) \in \mathcal{P}_r(\Omega) \right\}, \] where $\lambda_1(\cdot)$ denotes the first…

In this paper we study positive solutions to problem involving the fractional Laplacian $(E)$ $(-\Delta)^{\alpha} u(x)+|u|^{p-1}u(x)=0 in x\in\Omega\setminus\mathcal{C}$, subject to the conditions $u(x)=0$ $x\in\Omega^c$ and…

Following recent interest in the qualitative analysis of some optimal control and shape optimisation problems, we provide in this article a detailed study of the optimisation of Robin boundary conditions in PDE constrained calculus of…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, be an open bounded connected set. We consider the indefinite weighted eigenvalue problem $-\Delta u =\lambda m u$ in $\Omega$ with $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, $m\in L^\infty(\Omega)$ and with…

We consider equations of the form $\Delta u +\lambda^2 V(x)e^{\,u}=\rho$ in various two dimensional settings. We assume that $V>0$ is a given function, $\lambda>0$ is a small parameter and $\rho=\mathcal O(1)$ or $\rho\to +\infty$ as…

We consider the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $-{\rm div}(|\nabla u|^{p(x)-2}\nabla u)=\lambda |u|^{q(x)-2}u$ in $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open set in $\RR^N$ with smooth boundary and $p$, $q$ are…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, be a bounded connected open set. We consider the weighted eigenvalue problem $-\Delta u =\lambda m u$ in $\Omega$ with $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, $m\in L^\infty(\Omega)$ and with homogeneous…

Two main results are presented: 1) a new class of applied problems that lead to equations with $(p,q)$-Laplace is presented; 2) a method for solving nonlinear boundary value problems involving $(p,q)$-Laplace with measurable unbounded…

We study minimizers of non-differentiable functionals of the Alp-Phillips type with two-phases for the $p$-Laplacian , focusing on the geometric and analytical properties of free boundaries. The main result establishes finite…

We consider the unconstrained $L_2$-$L_p$ minimization: find a minimizer of $\|Ax-b\|^2_2+\lambda \|x\|^p_p$ for given $A \in R^{m\times n}$, $b\in R^m$ and parameters $\lambda>0$, $p\in [0,1)$. This problem has been studied extensively in…

We obtain necessary and sufficient existence conditions for solutions of the boundary value problem $$ \Delta_p u = f \quad \mbox{on } M, \quad \left. \left| \nabla u \right|^{p - 2} \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} \right|_{ \partial M } =…