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We study the minimizers of the sum of the principal Dirichlet eigenvalue of the negative Laplacian and the perimeter with respect to a general norm in the class of Jordan domains in the plane. This is equivalent (modulo scaling) to…

In this paper, we prove that for any bounded set of finite perimeter $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, we can choose smooth sets $E_k \Subset \Omega$ such that $E_k \rightarrow \Omega$ in $L^1$ and \begin{align}…

We consider minimizers of \[ F(\lambda_1(\Omega),\ldots,\lambda_N(\Omega)) + |\Omega|, \] where $F$ is a function nondecreasing in each parameter, and $\lambda_k(\Omega)$ is the $k$-th Dirichlet eigenvalue of $\Omega$. This includes, in…

We study a problem of minimal surfaces with free boundary written in the form of a non convex minimization problem. Our aim is to characterize optimal solutions by finding a suitable calibration field. A natural upper bound of the infimum…

We provide a quantitative lower bound to the Cheeger constant of a set $\Omega$ in both the Euclidean and the Gaussian settings in terms of suitable asymmetry indexes. We provide examples which show that these quantitative estimates are…

We study the regularity of minimizers to the composite membrane problem in the plane (ie given a domain omega and a positive number A, smaller than the measure of omega, minimize the first Dirichlet eigenvalue for the Schrodinger operator…

The discrete Cheeger inequality, due to Alon and Milman (J. Comb. Theory Series B 1985), is an indispensable tool for converting the combinatorial condition of graph expansion to an algebraic condition on the eigenvalues of the graph…

We study the planar least gradient problem with respect to an anisotropic norm $\phi$ for continuous boundary data. We prove existence of minimizers for strictly convex domains $\Omega$. Furthermore, we inspect the issue of uniqueness and…

Let $E \subset \Omega$ be a local almost-minimizer of the relative perimeter in the open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}$. We prove a free-boundary monotonicity inequality for $E$ at a point $x\in \partial\Omega$, under a geometric…

We solve a class of isoperimetric problems on $\mathbb{R}^2_+ :=\left\{ (x,y)\in \mathbb{R} ^2 : y>0 \right\}$ with respect to monomial weights. Let $\alpha $ and $\beta $ be real numbers such that $0\le \alpha <\beta+1$, $\beta\le 2…

Let $1<q<p$ and $a\in C(\overline{\Omega})$ be sign-changing, where $\Omega$ is a bounded and smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N}$. We show that the functional \[ I_{q}(u):=\int_{\Omega}\left( \frac{1}{p}|\nabla…

We establish local higher integrability and differentiability results for minimizers of variational integrals $$ \mathfrak{F}(v,\Omega) = \int_{\Omega} /! F(Dv(x)) \, dx $$ over $W^{1,p}$--Sobolev mappings $u \colon \Omega \subset {\mathbb…

In this paper we define a notion of calibration for an equivalent approach to the classical Steiner problem in a covering space setting and we give some explicit examples. Moreover we introduce the notion of calibration in families: the…

Let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be an $m$-dimensional closed submanifold of class $C^2$, $d$ be a positive integer between 1 and $m$. We will study the geometric and topological proprieties of quasiminimal sets in $\Omega$, and show that…

Assume you are given a finite configuration $\Gamma$ of disjoint rectifiable Jordan curves in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Plateau-Douglas problem asks whether there exists a minimizer of area among all compact surfaces of genus at most $p$ which…

Given $\Omega$ bounded open set of $\mathbb R^{n}$ and $\alpha\in \mathbb R$, let us consider \[ \mu(\Omega,\alpha)=\min_{\substack{v\in W_{0}^{1,2}(\Omega)\\v\not\equiv 0}} \frac{\displaystyle\int_{\Omega} |\nabla v|^{2}dx+\alpha…

We study metric spaces defined via a conformal weight, or more generally a measurable Finsler structure, on a domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ that vanishes on a compact set $E \subset \Omega$ and satisfies mild assumptions. Our main…

We study Cheeger and $p$-eigenvalue partition problems depending on a given evaluation function $\Phi$ for $p\in[1,\infty)$. We prove existence and regularity of minima, relations among the problems, convergence, and stability with respect…

We consider the minimization problem for an integral functional $J$, possibly non-convex and non-coercive in $W^{1,1}_0(\Omega)$, where $\Omega\subset\R^n$ is a bounded smooth set. We prove sufficient conditions in order to guarantee that a…