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We prove existence of solutions to the following problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta_1 u +g(u)|Du|=h(u)f & \text{in $\Omega$,} \\ u=0 & \text{on $\partial\Omega$,} \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$,…
Let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^{d}$ be open and $A$ a complex uniformly strictly accretive $d\times d$ matrix-valued function on $\Omega$ with $L^{\infty}$ coefficients. Consider the divergence-form operator ${\mathscr L}^{A}=-{\rm…
The fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta )^a$, $a\in(0,1)$, and its generalizations to variable-coefficient $2a$-order pseudodifferential operators $P$, are studied in $L_q$-Sobolev spaces of Bessel-potential type $H^s_q$. For a bounded open set…
We prove existence of a positive radial solution to the Choquard equation $$-\Delta u +V u=(I_\alpha\ast |u|^p)|u|^{p-2}u\qquad\text{in}\,\,\,\Omega$$ with Neumann or Dirichlet boundary conditions, when $\Omega$ is an annulus, or an…
We develop arguments on convexity and minimization of energy functionals on Orlicz-Sobolev spaces to investigate existence of solution to the equation $\displaystyle -\mbox{div} (\phi(|\nabla u|) \nabla u) = f(x,u) + h \mbox{in} \Omega$…
This paper concerns the existence of a nontrivial solution for the following problem \begin{equation} \left\{\begin{aligned} -\Delta u + V(x)u & \in \partial_u F(x,u)\;\;\mbox{a.e. in}\;\;\mathbb{R}^{N},\nonumber u \in…
The classical result of A. Ambrosetti and G. Prodi [1], in the form of M.S. Berger and E. Podolak [4], gives the exact number of solutions for the problem \[ \Delta u+g(u)= \mu \phi _1(x)+e(x) \;\; \mbox{in $D$} , \;\; u=0 \;\; \mbox{on…
We prove the Hopf boundary point lemma for solutions of the Dirichlet problem involving the Schr\"odinger operator $- \Delta + V$ with a nonnegative potential $V$ which merely belongs to $L_{\mathrm{loc}}^1(\Omega)$. More precisely, if $u…
In this paper, I propose some problems, of topological nature, on the energy functional associated to the Dirichlet problem -\Delta u = f(x,u) in Omega, u restricted to the boundary of Omega is 0. Positive answers to these problems would…
The purpose of this paper is to give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence and non-existence of global solutions of the following semilinear parabolic equations \[ u_{t}=\Delta u+\psi(t)f(u),\,\,\mbox{ in }\Omega\times…
We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u =\lambda f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $R^{n}$ with Dirichielt boundary condition, where $f$ is a $C^{1}$ positive and nondeccreasing function in $[0,\infty)$ such that…
Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $N\geq1$, let $K$, $M$ be two nonnegative functions and let $\alpha,\gamma>0$. We study existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for singular problems of the form $-\Delta…
In this paper, we study the existence of nontrivial solutions of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the following elliptic system: \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\Delta u & = au + bv + f(x,u,v); &\quad\mbox{ for…
We study connections between the problem of the existence of positive solutions for certain nonlinear equations and weighted norm inequalities. In particular, we obtain explicit criteria for the solvability of the Dirichlet problem…
We consider the numerical solution of the equation - \Delta u - f(u) = g, for the unknown u satisfying Dirichlet conditions in a bounded domain. The nonlinearity f has bounded, continuous derivative. The algorithm uses the finite element…
Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold and $G$ a Lie subgroup of the isometry group of $M$ acting freely and properly on $M.$ We study the Dirichlet Problem \begin{align*} \operatorname{div}\left( \frac{a\left( \left\Vert \nabla…
In this paper we study quasiconcavity properties of solutions of Dirichlet problems related to modified nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations of the type $$-{\rm div}\big(a(u) \nabla u\big) + \frac{a'(u)}{2} |\nabla u|^2 = f(u) \quad \hbox{in…
We study the viscosity solutions to the first eigenvalue equation. We consider $\Omega$ a bounded B-regular domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$ and we prove that the Dirichlet problem $\Lambda_{1}(D_{\mathbb{C}}^2 u)=f$ in $\Omega$ and $u=\varphi$ on…
This paper concerns the existence of global solutions for the following class of heat equation involving the 1-Laplacian operator of the Dirichlet problem $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{llc} u_{t}-\Delta_1 u=f(u) & \text{in}\ & \Omega\times (0,…
We study sharp conditions for the existence and nonexistence of infinitely many nonnegative solutions to the problem $-\Delta_p u = \lambda f(u)$ in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $f$ is a continuous function…