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We consider the problem of minimizing the bending or elastic energy among Jordan curves confined in a given open set $\Omega$. We prove existence, regularity and some structural properties of minimizers. In particular, when $\Omega$ is…

We present a constructive lower bound of $\Omega(1/\sqrt{\varepsilon})$ for Frank-Wolfe (FW) when both the objective and the constraint set are smooth and strongly convex, showing that the known uniform $\mathcal{O}(1/\sqrt{\varepsilon})$…

Let $\Omega\subset {\bf R}^n$ be a smooth bounded domain. In this paper, we prove a result of which the following is a by-product: Let $q\in ]0,1[$, $\alpha\in L^{\infty}(\Omega)$, with $\alpha>0$, and $k\in {\bf N}$. Then, the problem…

We show that the solution of the Cauchy problem for the classical ode $m \mathbf y''=\mathbf f$ can be obtained as limit of minimizers of exponentially weighted convex variational integrals. This complements the known results about weighted…

We consider a variant of inexact Newton Method, called Newton-MR, in which the least-squares sub-problems are solved approximately using Minimum Residual method. By construction, Newton-MR can be readily applied for unconstrained…

We study the problem of finding approximate first-order stationary points in optimization problems of the form $\min_{x \in X} \max_{y \in Y} f(x,y)$, where the sets $X,Y$ are convex and $Y$ is compact. The objective function $f$ is smooth,…

We consider the sublinear problem \begin {equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{r c l c} -\Delta u & = &|u|^{q-2}u & \textrm{in }\Omega, \\ u_n & = & 0 & \textrm{on }\partial\Omega,\end{array}\right. \end {equation*} where $\Omega \subset…

In this paper, we are interested in the regularity of weak solutions $u\colon\Omega_T\to\mathbb{R}$ to parabolic equations of the type \begin{equation*} \partial_t u - \mathrm{div} \nabla \mathcal{F}(x,t,Du) = f\qquad\mbox{in $\Omega_T$},…

We study the solutions $u$ to the equation $$ \begin{cases} \operatorname{div} u + \langle a , u \rangle = f & \textrm{ in } \Omega,\\ u=0 & \textrm{ on } \partial \Omega, \end{cases} $$ where $a$ and $f$ are given. We significantly improve…

Let $\Omega\subset\r^n$ be a bounded mean convex domain. If $\alpha<0$, we prove the existence and uniqueness of classical solutions of the Dirichlet problem in $\Omega$ for the $\alpha$-singular minimal surface equation with arbitrary…

We consider, for $a,l\geq1,$ $b,s,\alpha>0,$ and $p>q\geq1,$ the homogeneous Dirichlet problem for the equation $-\Delta_{p}u=\lambda u^{q-1}+\beta u^{a-1}\left\vert \nabla u\right\vert ^{b}+mu^{l-1}e^{\alpha u^{s}}$ in a smooth bounded…

In this paper we consider the problem of minimizing functionals of the form $E(u)=\int_B f(x,\nabla u) \,dx$ in a suitably prepared class of incompressible, planar maps $u: B \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$. Here, $B$ is the unit disk and…

We study the elliptic equation $\lambda u-L^{\Omega}u=f$ in an open convex subset $\Omega$ of an infinite dimensional separable Banach space $X$ endowed with a centered non-degenerate Gaussian measure $\gamma$, where $L^\Omega$ is the…

In this article, we study the existence of non-negative solutions of the class of non-local problem of $n$-Kirchhoff type $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{lr} \quad - m(\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^n)\Delta_n u = f(x,u) \; \text{in}\; \Omega,\quad u…

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…

Finding the global minimum of non-convex functions is one of the main and most difficult problems in modern optimization. In the first part of the paper, we consider a certain class of "good" non-convex functions that can be bounded above…

For each $n\geq 3$ we establish the existence of a nodal solution $u$ to the Yamabe problem on the round sphere $(\mathbb{S}^n,g)$ which satisfies $$\int_{\mathbb{S}^n}|u|^{2^*}dV_g < 2m_n\mathrm{vol}(\mathbb{S}^n),$$ where $m_3=9,$ $m_4=…

We prove lower bounds on the complexity of finding $\epsilon$-stationary points (points $x$ such that $\|\nabla f(x)\| \le \epsilon$) of smooth, high-dimensional, and potentially non-convex functions $f$. We consider oracle-based complexity…

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