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We derive various novel free boundary problems as limits of a coupled bulk-surface reaction-diffusion system modelling ligand-receptor dynamics on evolving domains. These limiting free boundary problems may be formulated as Stefan-type…
We analyze the blowup (finite-time singularity) in inviscid shell models of convective turbulence. We show that the blowup exists and its internal structure undergoes a series of bifurcations under a change of shell model parameter. Various…
We conduct an analysis of the blow up at the triple junction of three fluids in equilibrium. Energy minimizers have been shown to exist in the class of functions of bounded variations, and the classical theory implies that an interface…
In continuing the study of harmonic mapping from 2-dimensional Riemannian simplicial complexes in order to construct minimal surfaces with singularity, we obtain an a-priori regularity result concerning the real analyticity of the free…
A remarkable property of flexible self-avoiding elastic surfaces (membranes) is that they remain flat at all temperatures, even in the absence of a bending rigidity or in the presence of active fluctuations. Here, we report numerical…
A number of boundary problems in multidimensional elasticity theory are solved. The solutions can be treated as the simplest cosmological models. Some specific properties of the solutions and experimental consequences of the theory are…
We study certain obstacle type problems involving standard and nonlocal minimal surfaces. We obtain optimal regularity of the solution and a characterization of the free boundary.
This note deals with the boundary control problem of a nonhomogeneous flexible wing evolving under unsteady aerodynamic loads. The wing is actuated at its tip by flaps and is modeled by a distributed parameter system consisting of two…
We prove Lipschitz continuity of solutions to a class of rather general two-phase anisotropic free boundary problems in 2D and we classify global solutions. As a consequence, we obtain $C^{2,1}$ regularity of solutions to the Bellman…
In this paper, we investigate carefully the blow-up behaviour of sequences of solutions of some elliptic PDE in dimension two containing a nonlinearity with Trudinger-Moser growth. A quantification result had been obtained by the first…
A moving boundary problem with two free boundaries modeling a two-dimensional idealized MEMS device with pull-in instability is discussed. We use a fixed point argument to show that the model possesses stationary solutions for small source…
Exact solutions of a classical problem of a plane unsteady potential flow of an ideal incompressible fluid with a free boundary are presented. The fluid occupies a semi-infinite strip bounded by the free surface (from above) and (from the…
We study an elliptic problem with exponential nonlinearities describing the statistical mechanics equilibrium of point vortices with variable intensities. For suitable values of the physical parameters we exclude the existence of blow-up…
We study the existence and multiplicity of solutions of the following free boundary problem $$ (P)\left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} \del u &=& \lam ( \eps +(1-\eps ) H(u-\mu))~ \hspace{3mm}&\text{in}~\Omega (t)\\ u&=&…
We study regularity issues for systems of elliptic equations of the type \[ -\Delta u_i=f_{i,\beta}(x)-\beta \sum_{j\neq i} a_{ij} u_i |u_i|^{p-1}|u_j|^{p+1} \] set in domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, for $N \geq 1$. The paper is…
The present paper is devoted to the joint motion of two immiscible incompressible liquids in porous media. The liquids have different densities and initially separated by a surface of strong discontinuity (free boundary). We discuss the…
In this paper we investigate a two dimensional free boundary problem involving the A-Laplacian. We show that the free boundary is represented locally by graphs of a family of continuous functions.
The cell motility problem has been investigated for a long time. Today, many biologists, physicists, and mathematicians are looking for new research instruments for this process. A simple 2D model of a free-boundary cell moving on a…
We investigate Bernoulli free boundary problems prescribing infinite jump conditions. The mathematical set-up leads to the analysis of non-differentiable minimization problems of the form $\int \left(\nabla u\cdot (A(x)\nabla u) +…
In this article, we investigate the initial and boundary blow-up problem for the $p$-Laplacian parabolic equation $u_t-\Delta_p u=-b(x,t)f(u)$ over a smooth bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with $N\ge2$, where $\Delta_pu={\rm…