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We consider globally regular and black hole solutions in SU(2) Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs theory, coupled to a dilaton field. The basic solutions represent magnetic monopoles, monopole-antimonopole systems or black holes with monopole or…

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We investigate the differences and similarities of the Dirichlet problem of the mean curvature equation in the Euclidean space and in the Lorentz-Minkowski space. Although the solvability of the Dirichlet problem follows standards…

We study the existence and multiplicity of sign changing solutions of the following equation $ \begin{cases} -\Delta u = \mu |u|^{2^{\star}-2}u+\frac{|u|^{2^{*}(t)-2}u}{|x|^t}+a(x)u \quad\text{in}\quad \Omega, u=0…

We study smooth SU(2) solutions of the Hitchin equations on R^2, with the determinant of the complex Higgs field being a polynomial of degree n. When n>=3, there are moduli spaces of solutions, in the sense that the natural L^2 metric is…

Let $X$ be a separable Banach space endowed with a non-degenerate centered Gaussian measure $\mu$. The associated Cameron-Martin space is denoted by $H$. Let $\nu=e^{-U}\mu$, where $e^{-U}$ is a sufficiently regular weight and…

We prove the monotonicity of positive solutions to the problem $-\Delta u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+ := \{(x',x_N)\in\mathbb{R}^N \mid x_N>0 \}$ under zero Dirichlet boundary condition with a possible singular nonlinearity $f$. In some…

We study the uniqueness problem of $\sigma$-regular solution of the equation, $$-\Delta_p u+ \abs u^{q-1}u =h \quad on\quad \RN, $$ where $q>p-1>0.$ and $N> p.$ Other coercive type equations associated to more general differential operators…

For a continuous Hamiltonian $H : (x, p, u) \in T^*\mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, we consider the asymptotic behavior of associated Hamilton--Jacobi equations with state-constraint $H(x, Du, \lambda u) \leq…

We study stable solutions of the following nonlinear system $$ -\Delta u = H(u) \quad \text{in} \ \ \Omega$$ where $u:\mathbb R^n\to \mathbb R^m$, $H:\mathbb R^m\to \mathbb R^m$ and $\Omega$ is a domain in $\mathbb R^n$. We introduce the…

In this paper we study the semilinear elliptic problem $$ -\Delta u -k^2u=Q|u|^{p-2}u\quad\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^2, $$ where $k>0$, $p\geq 6$ and $Q$ is a bounded function. We prove the existence of real-valued $W^{2,p}$-solutions, both for…

Via a constrained minimization, we find a solution $(\lambda,u)$ to the problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^m u+\frac{\mu}{|x|^{2m}}u + \lambda u = \eta u^3 + g(u)\\ \int_{\mathbb{R}^{2m}} u^2 \, dx = \rho \end{cases}…

Our work proposes a unified approach to three different topics in a general Riemannian setting: splitting theorems, symmetry results and overdetermined elliptic problems. By the existence of a stable solution to the semilinear equation…

On a smoothly bounded domain $\Omega\subset\R{2m}$ we consider a sequence of positive solutions $u_k\stackrel{w}{\rightharpoondown} 0$ in $H^m(\Omega)$ to the equation $(-\Delta)^m u_k=\lambda_k u_k e^{mu_k^2}$ subject to Dirichlet boundary…

We study symmetry of solutions of the mean field equation \[ \Delta u +\rho(\frac{Ke^u}{\int_{T_\epsilon} Ke^u} -\frac{1}{|T_\epsilon|} )=0\] on the flat torus $T_\epsilon=[-\frac{1}{2\epsilon}, \frac{1}{2\epsilon}] \times [-\frac{1}{2},…

We study constant mean curvature graphs in the Riemannian 3-dimensional Heisenberg spaces ${\cal H}={\cal H}(\tau)$. Each such ${\cal H}$ is the total space of a Riemannian submersion onto the Euclidean plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ with geodesic…

We prove the existence of solutions $(\lambda, v)\in \mathbb{R}\times H^{1}(\Omega)$ of the elliptic problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta v+(V(x)+\lambda) v =v^{p}\ &\text{ in $ \Omega, $} \ v>0,\qquad \int_\Omega v^2\,dx =\rho. \end{cases} \]…

In this contribution, we study spacetimes of cosmological interest, without making any symmetry assumptions. We prove a rigid Hawking singularity theorem for positive cosmological constant, which sharpens known results. In particular, it…

We study the elliptic system \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u_1 - \kappa_1u_1 = \mu_1|u_1|^{p-2}u_1 + \lambda\alpha|u_1|^{\alpha-2}|u_2|^\beta u_1, \\ -\Delta u_2 - \kappa_2u_2 = \mu_2|u_2|^{p-2}u_2 +…