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In this paper we consider classical solutions $u$ of the semilinear fractional problem $(-\Delta)^s u = f(u)$ in $\mathbb{R}^N_+$ with $u=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \mathbb{R}^N_+$, where $(-\Delta)^s$, $0<s<1$, stands for the fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-11 B. Barrios , L. Del Pezzo , J. Garcia-Melian , A. Quaas

In this paper, we deal with the following singular perturbed fractional elliptic problem $ \epsilon^{} (-\Delta)^{1/2}{u}+V(z)u=f(u)\,\,\, \mbox{in} \,\,\, \mathbb{R}, $ where $ (-\Delta)^{1/2}u$ is the square root of the Laplacian and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-07 Claudianor O. Alves , João Marcos do Ó , Olímpio H. Miyagaki

We review the finite element approximation of the classical obstacle problem in energy and max-norms and derive error estimates for both the solution and the free boundary. On the basis of recent regularity results we present an optimal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otárola , Abner J. Salgado

We consider a system of weakly coupled singularly perturbed semilinear elliptic equations. First, we obtain a Lipschitz regularity result for the associated ground energy function $\Sigma$ as well as representation formulas for the left and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-09-25 Alessio Pomponio , Marco Squassina

In this paper, we obtain a quantitative version of the classical comparison result of Talenti for elliptic problems with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The key role is played by quantitative versions of the P\'olya-Szego inequality and of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-29 Vincenzo Amato , Rosa Barbato , Alba Lia Masiello , Gloria Paoli

This article concerns the fractional elliptic equations \begin{equation*}(-\Delta)^{s}u+\lambda V(x)u=f(u), \quad u\in H^{s}(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{equation*}where $(-\Delta)^{s}$ ($s\in (0\,,\,1)$) denotes the fractional Laplacian, $\lambda…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-10 Jinguo Zhang , Weifeng Jiang

This work presents a numerical study of the Dirichlet problem for the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ with $s\in(0,1)$ using Finite Element methods with non-standard bases. Classical approaches based on piece-wise linear basis yield…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Félix del Teso , Stefano Fronzoni , David Gómez-Castro

We propose and analyze an unfitted finite element method for solving elliptic problems on domains with curved boundaries and interfaces. The approximation space on the whole domain is obtained by the direct extension of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Fanyi Yang , Xiaoping Xie

In this paper, we focus on the famous Talenti's symmetrization inequality, more precisely its $L^p$ corollary asserting that the $L^p$-norm of the solution to $-\Delta v=f^\sharp$ is higher than the $L^p$-norm of the solution to $-\Delta…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Paolo Acampora , Jimmy Lamboley

The purpose of this work is the study of solution techniques for problems involving fractional powers of symmetric coercive elliptic operators in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions. These operators can be realized as the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

We make the split of the integral fractional Laplacian as $(-\Delta)^s u=(-\Delta)(-\Delta)^{s-1}u$, where $s\in(0,\frac{1}{2})\cup(\frac{1}{2},1)$. Based on this splitting, we respectively discretize the one- and two-dimensional integral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-28 Jing Sun , Weihua Deng , Daxin Nie

In this paper we introduce new characterizations of spectral fractional Laplacian to incorporate nonhomogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The classical cases with homogeneous boundary conditions arise as a special case. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Harbir Antil , Johannes Pfefferer , Sergejs Rogovs

We study the semilinear elliptic inequality $-\Delta u\geq\varphi(\delta_K(x))f(u)$ in $R^N\setminus K,$ where $\varphi, f$ are non-negative and continuous functions, $K\subset R^N$ $(N\geq 2)$ is a compact set and $\delta_K(x)={\rm…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-30 Marius Ghergu , Steven D. Taliaferro

Fractional-order elliptic problems are investigated in case of inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary data. The boundary integral form is proposed as a suitable mathematical model. The corresponding theory is completed by sharpening the mapping…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-15 Ferenc Izsák , Gábor Maros

We consider nonnegative solutions to $-\Delta u=f(u)$ in half-planes and strips, under zero Dirichlet boundary condition. Exploiting a rotating$\&$sliding line technique, we prove symmetry and monotonicity properties of the solutions, under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-12 Alberto Farina , Berardino Sciunzi

The aim of this paper is to study the singular solutions to fractional elliptic equations with absorption $$ \left\{\arraycolsep=1pt \begin{array}{lll} (-\Delta)^\alpha u+|u|^{p-1}u=0,\quad & \rm{in}\quad\Omega\setminus\{0\},\\[2mm]…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-07 Huyuan Chen , Laurent Veron

We consider positive solutions to $\displaystyle -\Delta_p u=\frac{1}{u^\gamma}+f(u)$ under zero Dirichlet condition in the half space. Exploiting a prio-ri estimates and the moving plane technique, we prove that any solution is monotone…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-15 Luigi Montoro , Luigi Muglia , Berardino Sciunzi

The aim of this paper is to study radial symmetry and monotonicity properties for positive solution of elliptic equations involving the fractional Laplacian. We first consider the semi-linear Dirichlet problem (-\Delta)^{\alpha} u=f(u)+g,\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Patricio Felmer , Ying Wang

We consider the optimizers $u$ in the Hardy-Sobolev inequality for the space $\dot{W}^{s,p}({\mathbb R}^N)$ with order of differentiability $s\in ]0,1[$. After proving existence through concentration-compactness, we derive the pointwise…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-05 Salvatore Marano , Sunra Mosconi

In this article we consider the question of the existence of positive symmetric solutions to the problems of the following type $\Delta u=a\left( \left\vert x\right\vert \right) h\left( u\right) +b\left( \left\vert x\right\vert \right)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Dragos-Patru Covei