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In this work we analyze the existence of solutions to the fractional quasilinear problem, $$ (P) \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} u_t+(-\Delta )^s u &=&|\nabla u|^{\alpha}+ f &\inn \Omega_T\equiv\Omega\times (0,T),\\ u(x,t)&=&0 &…
We consider the problem of finding the optimal exponent in the Moser-Trudinger inequality \[ \sup \left\{\int_\Omega \exp{\left(\alpha\,|u|^{\frac{N}{N-s}}\right)}\,\bigg|\,u \in…
We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian. We prove that if $u$ is a solution of $(-\Delta)^s u = g$ in $\Omega$, $u \equiv 0$ in $\R^n\setminus\Omega$, for some…
Fractional operators play an important role in modeling nonlocal phenomena and problems involving coarse-grained and fractal spaces. The fractional calculus of variations with functionals depending on derivatives and/or integrals of…
We study the obstacle problem related to a wide class of nonlinear integro-differential operators, whose model is the fractional subLaplacian in the Heisenberg group. We prove both the existence and uniqueness of the solution, and that…
In this paper we are concerned with the construction of periodic solutions of the nonlocal problem $(-\Delta)^s u= f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}$, where $(-\Delta)^s$ stands for the $s$-Laplacian, $s\in (0,1)$. We introduce a suitable framework…
In this paper, we consider the singularly perturbed fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation \begin{equation*} \epsilon^{2\alpha}(-\Delta)^\alpha u+V(x)u=f(u),\quad x\in \mathbb{R}^N, \end{equation*} where $\epsilon>0$ is a small parameter,…
We prove a regularity result for the unstable elliptic free boundary problem $\Delta u = -\chi_{\{u>0\}}$ related to traveling waves in a problem arising in solid combustion. The maximal solution and every local minimizer of the energy are…
We study nonnegative optimizers of a Gagliardo-Nirenberg type inequality $$\iint_{\mathbb{R}^N \times \mathbb{R}^N} \frac{|u(x)|^p\,|u(y)|^p}{|x - y|^{N-\alpha}} dx\, dy\le C\Big(\int_{{\mathbb R}^N}|u|^2 dx\Big)^{p\theta}…
In this paper, we study a maximization and a minimization problem associated with a Poisson boundary value problem. Optimal solutions in a set of rearrangements of a given function define stationary and stable flows of an ideal fluid in two…
In this paper, we are concerned with the following type of fractional problems: $$ \begin{cases}\dis (-\Delta)^{s} u-\mu\frac{u}{|x|^{2s}}-\lambda u=|u|^{2^*_{s}-2}u+f(x,u), &\text{in} \Omega,\ \ \, u=0\,&\text{in} \R^N\backslash\Omega…
We prove existence of weak solutions to the obstacle problem for semilinear wave equations (including the fractional case) by using a suitable approximating scheme in the spirit of minimizing movements. This extends the results in [9],…
We study the regularity of a porous medium equation with nonlocal diffusion effects given by an inverse fractional Laplacian operator. The precise model is $u_t=\nabla\cdot(u\nabla (-\Delta)^{-1/2}u).$ For definiteness, the problem is posed…
In this paper we are concerned with a two phase boundary obstacle-type problem for the bi-Laplace operator in the upper unit ball. The problem arises in connection with unilateral phenomena for flat elastic plates. It can also be seen as an…
We investigate time-dependent optimization problems in fractional Sobolev spaces with the sparsity promoting $L^p$-pseudo norm for $0<p<1$ in the objective functional. In order to avoid computing the fractional Laplacian on the time-space…
In this paper, we consider a rather general linear evolution equation of fractional type, namely a diffusion type problem in which the diffusion operator is the $s$th power of a positive definite operator having a discrete spectrum in…
We introduce the linear operators of fractional integration and fractional differentiation in the framework of the Riemann-Liouville fractional calculus. Particular attention is devoted to the technique of Laplace transforms for treating…
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In this paper we classify the nonnegative global minimizers of the functional \[ J_F(u)=\int_\Omega F(|\nabla u|^2)+\lambda^2\chi_{\{u>0\}}, \] where $F$ satisfies some structural conditions and $\chi_D$ is the characteristic function of a…