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For a given domain $\Omega \subset \Bbb{R}^n$, we consider the variational problem of minimizing the $L^1$-norm of the gradient on $\Omega$ of a function $u$ with prescribed continuous boundary values and satisfying a continuous lower…
We study a fractional analogue of a plasma problem arising from physics. Specifically, for a fixed bounded domain $\Omega$ we study solutions to the eigenfunction equation \[ (- \Delta)^s u = \lambda(u- \gamma)_+ \] with $u \equiv 0$ on…
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Let $\Omega\subset\RR^n$ ($n\ge 1$) be a bounded open set with a Lipschitz continuous boundary. In the first part of the paper, using the method of bilinear forms, we give a rigorous characterization of the realization in $L^2(\Omega)$ of…
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