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Let $\Omega$ be a open bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^n $ with smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$. We consider the equation $ \Delta u + u^{\frac{n-k+2}{n-k-2}-\varepsilon} =0\,\hbox{ in }\,\Omega $, under zero Dirichlet boundary condition,…

In this note we discuss graphs over a domain $\Omega\subset N^2$ in the product manifold $N^2\times \mathbb{R}$. Here $N^2$ is a complete Riemannian surface and $\Omega$ has peice-wise smooth boundary. Let $\gamma \subset\partial\Omega$ be…

In this paper we study existence and regularity of solutions to Dirichlet problems as $$ \begin{cases} - {\rm div}\left(|u|^m\frac{D u}{|D u|}\right) = f & \text{in}\;\Omega,\\ \newline u=0 & \text{on}\;\partial\Omega, \end{cases} $$ where…

We consider minimizers of \[ F(\lambda_1(\Omega),\ldots,\lambda_N(\Omega)) + |\Omega|, \] where $F$ is a function nondecreasing in each parameter, and $\lambda_k(\Omega)$ is the $k$-th Dirichlet eigenvalue of $\Omega$. This includes, in…

We consider nonlinear second order elliptic problems of the type \[ -\Delta u=f(u) \text{ in } \Omega, \qquad u=0 \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \] where $\Omega$ is an open $C^{1,1}$-domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$, under some general…

We consider the following singularly perturbed elliptic problem $$ \varepsilon^2\triangle\tilde{u}-\tilde{u}+\tilde{u}^p=0, \ \tilde{u}>0\quad \mbox{in} \ \Omega,\ \ \ \frac{\partial\tilde{u}}{\partial \mathbf{n}}=0 \quad \mbox{on}\…

In this paper, we prove the boundary pointwise $C^{0}$-regularity of weak solutions for Dirichlet problem of elliptic equations in divergence form with distributional coefficients, where the boundary value equals to zero. This is a…

Here we solve the problem posed by Comte and Lachand-Robert in (2001). Take a bounded domain \Omega in R^2 and a piecewise smooth non-positive function u : \bar{\Omega} \to R vanishing on the boundary of \Omega. Consider a flow of point…

The paper concerns with positive solutions of problems of the type $-\Delta u+a(x)\, u=u^{p-1}+\varepsilon u^{2^*-1}$ in $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\ge 3$, $2^*={2N\over N-2}$, $2<p<2^*$. Here $\Omega$ can be an exterior domain, i.e.…

We study both existence and nonexistence of nonnegative solutions for nonlinear elliptic problems with singular lower order terms that have natural growth with respect to the gradient, whose model is $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta u +…

In this paper we consider the Liouville equation $\Delta u +\lambda^2 e^{\,u}=0$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a two dimensional, doubly connected domain $\Omega$. We show that there exists a simple, closed curve $\gamma\subset…

In this paper, we investigate the problem of finding minimal graphs in $M^n\times\mathbb R$ with general boundary conditions using a variational approach. We look at so called generalized solutions of the Dirichlet Problem that minimize a…

We consider the semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u =\lambda f(u)$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $R^{n}$ with Dirichielt boundary condition, where $f$ is a $C^{1}$ positive and nondeccreasing function in $[0,\infty)$ such that…

We develop arguments on convexity and minimization of energy functionals on Orlicz-Sobolev spaces to investigate existence of solution to the equation $\displaystyle -\mbox{div} (\phi(|\nabla u|) \nabla u) = f(x,u) + h \mbox{in} \Omega$…

In this paper, we mainly investigate the critical points associated to solutions $u$ of a quasilinear elliptic equation with nonhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions in a connected domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Based on the fine…

This paper is concerned with the nonlinear elliptic problem $-\Delta u=\frac{\lambda }{(a-u)^2}$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. This problem arises from Micro-Electromechanical Systems…

We prove the optimal global regularity of nonnegative solutions to the porous medium equation in smooth bounded domains with the zero Dirichlet boundary condition after certain waiting time $T^*$. More precisely, we show that solutions are…

Druet [6] proved that if $(f_\gamma)_\gamma$ is a sequence of Moser-Trudinger type nonlinearities with critical growth, and if $(u_\gamma)_\gamma$ solves $$ \begin{cases} &\Delta u =f_\gamma(x,u)\,,~~ u>0\text{ in }\Omega\,,\\ &u =0\text{…

We consider a bounded open subset $\Omega$ of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ of class $C^{1,\alpha}$ for some $\alpha\in]0,1[$ and we solve the Neumann problem for the Helmholtz equation both in $\Omega$ and in the exterior of $\Omega$. We look for…

We study the asymptotic Dirichlet problem for $f$-minimal graphs in Cartan-Hadamard manifolds $M$. $f$-minimal hypersurfaces are natural generalizations of self-shrinkers which play a crucial role in the study of mean curvature flow. In the…