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We study boundary value problems for first-order elliptic differential operators on manifolds with compact boundary. The adapted boundary operator need not be selfadjoint and the boundary condition need not be pseudo-local. We show the…
In this paper, we consider the 2D second grade fluid past an obstacle satisfying the standard non-slip boundary condition at the surface of the obstacle. Second grade fluid model is a well-known non-Newtonian model, with two parameters:…
Using direct variational method we consider the existence of non-spurious solutions to the following Dirichlet problem $\ddot{x}\left( t\right) =f\left( t,x\left( t\right) \right) $, $x\left( 0\right) =x\left( 1\right) =0 $ where $f:\left[…
The Cahn-Hilliard energy landscape on the torus is explored in the critical regime of large system size and mean value close to $-1$. Existence and properties of a "droplet-shaped" local energy minimizer are established. A standard mountain…
We present two variational formulae for the capacity in the context of non-selfadjoint elliptic operators. The minimizers of these variational problems are expressed as solutions of boundary-value elliptic equations. We use these principles…
We show that the Nernst-Planck-Euler system, which models ionic electrodiffusion in fluids, has global strong solutions for arbitrarily large data in the two dimensional bounded domains. The assumption on species is either there are two…
We use an iteration procedure propped up by a a classical form of the maximum principle to show the existence of solutions to a nonlinear Poisson equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. These methods can be applied to the case of…
This work proposes a nonlinear finite element method whose nodal values preserve bounds known for the exact solution. The discrete problem involves a nonlinear projection operator mapping arbitrary nodal values into bound-preserving ones…
In this paper, we analyze an eigenvalue problem for quasi-linear elliptic operators involving homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions in a open smooth bounded domain. We show that the eigenfunctions corresponding to the eigenvalues belong…
Consider a free boundary problem of compressible-incompressible two-phase flows with surface tension and phase transition in bounded domains $\Omega_{t +}, \Omega_{t -} \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N \ge 2$, where the domains are separated by a…
We study parameterized elliptic systems on symmetric domains with additional system symmetries. We prove the existence of continua of nontrivial solutions bifurcating from the constant branch determined by a critical point of the potential,…
We establish the incompressible low--Mach/high--Reynolds limit for the Boltzmann equation for a broad class of initial data, without recourse to any asymptotic expansion. Exploiting the local Maxwellian manifold and the macro--micro…
The aim of this work is to point out that the class of free boundary problems governed by second order autonomous ordinary differential equations can be transformed to initial value problems. Interest in the numerical solution of free…
In this paper, exploiting variational methods, the existence of three weak solutions for a class of elliptic equations involving a general operator in divergence form and with Dirichlet boundary condition is investigated. Several special…
In the paper we consider a boundary value problem involving a differential equation with the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}$ for $\alpha \in\left( 1,2\right) $ and some superlinear and subcritical nonlinearity $G_{z}$ provided…
We study a general class of elliptic free boundary problems equipped with a Dirichlet boundary condition. Our primary result establishes an optimal $C^{1,1}$-regularity estimate for $L^p$-strong solutions at points where the free and fixed…
While there are numerous results on minimizers or stable solutions of the Bernoulli problem proving regularity of the free boundary and analyzing singularities, much less in known about critical points of the corresponding energy. Saddle…
In this paper we present some very recent results regarding existence, uniqueness, and multiplicity of solutions for quasilinear elliptic equations and systems, exhibiting both singular and convective reaction terms. The importance of…
We establish the existence of saddle points for a free boundary problem describing the two-dimensional free surface of a ferrofluid which undergoes normal field instability (also known as Rosensweig instability). The starting point consists…
We consider the free boundary problem for a liquid drop of nearly spherical shape with capillarity, and we study the existence of nontrivial (i.e., non spherical) rotating traveling profiles bifurcating from the spherical shape, where the…