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We study variational problems involving nonlocal supremal functionals $L^\infty(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^m) \ni u\mapsto {\rm ess sup}_{(x,y)\in \Omega\times \Omega} W(u(x), u(y)),$ where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a bounded, open set and…
We get a new multiplicity result for gradient systems. Here is a very particular corollary: Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ ($n\geq 2$) be a smooth bounded domain and let $\Phi:{\bf R}^2\to {\bf R}$ be a $C^1$ function, with $\Phi(0,0)=0$,…
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We provide explicit examples to show that the relaxation of functionals $$ L^p(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^m) \ni u\mapsto \int_\Omega\int_\Omega W(u(x), u(y))\, dx\, dy, $$ where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ is an open and bounded set, $1<p<\infty$…
We study functionals \begin{equation*} F_\varepsilon (u,\rho) := \frac{1}{\varepsilon} \int_\Omega W(u) \, dx + \frac{1}{|\ln(\varepsilon)|} \int_\Omega \int_\Omega \frac{(u(y) - u(x))^2}{|y - x|^{N+1}} \, dy \,dx +…
We study the $\Gamma$-convergence of the functionals $F_n(u):= || f(\cdot,u(\cdot),Du(\cdot))||_{p_n(\cdot)}$ and $\mathcal{F}_n(u):= \int_{\Omega} \frac{1}{p_n(x)} f^{p_n(x)}(x,u(x),Du(x))dx$ defined on $X\in \{L^1(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^d),…
We study rational functions satisfying summability conditions - a family of weak conditions on the expansion along the critical orbits. Assuming their appropriate versions, we derive many nice properties: There exists a unique, ergodic, and…
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We study the Riemannian distance function from a fixed point (a point-wise target) of Euclidean space in the presence of a compact obstacle bounded by a smooth hypersurface. First, we show that such a function is locally semiconcave with a…
We study families $u_s$ of functions satisfying the equations $(-\Delta)^s u_s=0$, $s \in (0,1)$ in a smooth bounded open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$. The main purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide a detailed analysis of…
Let $N\geq 5$, $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, ${2^*}=\frac{2N}{N-2}$, $a>0$, $S=\inf\left\{\left. \int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}}|\nabla u|^2\,\right|\,u\in L^{2^*}(\mathbb{R}^{N}), \nabla u\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^{N}),…
We study the homogenization of a class of non-local functionals featuring a rapidly oscillating periodic weight. By means of two-scale convergence, we explicitly evaluate the {\Gamma}-limit for constant target functions, revealing how the…
We are interested in the existence versus non-existence of non-trivial stable sub- and super-solutions of {equation} \label{pop} -div(\omega_1 \nabla u) = \omega_2 f(u) \qquad \text{in}\ \ \IR^N, {equation} with positive smooth weights $…
We study the asymptotic behavior of three classes of nonlocal functionals in complete metric spaces equipped with a doubling measure and supporting a Poincar\'e inequality. We show that the limits of these nonlocal functionals are…
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