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We consider the diffusive Hamilton-Jacobi equation $u_t - \Delta u = |\nabla u|^p$ in a bounded planar domain with zero Dirichlet boundary condition. It is known that, for $p>2$, the solutions to this problem can exhibit gradient blow-up…
We study the existence of solutions with multiple concentration to the following boundary value problem $$-\Delta u=\e^2 e^u-4\pi \sum_{p\in Z}\alpha_p \delta_{p}\;\hbox{in} \Omega,\quad u=0 \;\hbox{on}\partial \Omega,$$ where $\Omega$ is a…
This paper is concerned with the blow-up property of solutions to an initial boundary value problem for a reaction diffusion equation with special diffusion processes. It is shown, under certain conditions on the initial data, that the…
We construct a sequence of compact embedded minimal disks in a ball in Euclidean 3-space, whose boundaries lie in the boundary of the ball, such that the curvature blows up only at a prescribed discrete (and hence, finite) set of points on…
We consider spherically symmetric supercritical focusing wave equations outside a ball. Using mixed analytical and numerical methods, we show that the threshold for blowup is given by a codimension-one stable manifold of the unique static…
We consider the initial-boundary value problem of a simplified nematic liquid crystal flow in a bounded, smooth domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$. Given any $k$ distinct points in the domain, we develop a new {\em inner--outer gluing…
The combustion model is studied in three-dimensional (3D) smooth bounded domains with various types of boundary conditions. The global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions are obtained under the smallness of the gradient of initial…
The question of finite time singularity formation vs. global existence for solutions to the generalized Constantin-Lax-Majda equation is studied, with particular emphasis on the influence of a parameter $a$ which controls the strength of…
Non-transversal intersection of the free and fixed boundary is shown to hold and a classification of blow-up solutions is given for obstacle problems generated by fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators in two dimensions which appear…
The study of blow-up solution of time-fractional heat equations is of significant and wide-ranging interest for its multitude of applications. These types of equations are used to model several real problems in science and engineering. This…
We study certain obstacle type problems involving standard and nonlocal minimal surfaces. We obtain optimal regularity of the solution and a characterization of the free boundary.
In this paper we study the existence, the optimal regularity of solutions, and the regularity of the free boundary near the so-called \emph{regular points} in a thin obstacle problem that arises as the local extension of the obstacle…
We obtain an improved blow-up criterion for solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in critical Besov spaces. If a mild solution $u$ has maximal existence time $T^* < \infty$, then the non-endpoint critical Besov norms must become infinite…
This paper investigates the initial boundary value problem for a fractional pseudo-parabolic equation with singular potential. The global existence and blow-up of solutions to the initial boundary value problem are obtained at low initial…
We prove local existence and uniqueness for the Newton-Schroedinger equation in three dimensions. Further we show that the blow-up alternative holds true as well as the continuous dependence of the solution w.r.t. the initial data.
In this paper we investigate the "area blow-up" set of a sequence of smooth co-dimension one manifolds whose first variation with respect to an anisotropic integral is bounded. Following the ideas introduced by White in (J. Differential…
We prove a general, non-perturbative result about finite-time blowup solutions for the $L^2$-critical boson star equation $i\partial_t u = \sqrt{-\Delta+m^2} \, u - (|x|^{-1} \ast |u|^2) u$ in 3 space dimensions. Under the sole assumption…
We construct nonnegative weak solutions to the singular parabolic free boundary problem \[ \partial_t u - \Delta u = - \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d} u} u_+^\gamma , \] where $\gamma \in (0,1]$, $u_+ := \max\{u,0\}$, and the term in the…
In this paper we initiate the investigation of free boundary minimization problems ruled by general singular operators with $A_2$ weights. We show existence and boundedness of minimizers. The key novelty is a sharp $C^{1+\gamma}$ regularity…
In this paper, the initial and boundary problem of the difference equation which is a discretization of the semi-linear heat equation. The difference equation derived by discretizing the semi-linear heat equation has solutions which show…