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In this paper, we study the following Dirichlet problem for a parabolic equation involving fractional $p$-Laplacian with logarithmic nonlinearity \begin{equation*}\label{eq}\left\{ \begin{array}{llc}…

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G-equations are popular level set Hamilton-Jacobi nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) of first or second order arising in turbulent combustion. Characterizing the effective burning velocity (also known as the turbulent burning…

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Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open interval, let $p>1$ and $\gamma>0$, and let $m:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function that may change sign in $\Omega $. In this article we study the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for…

We study equilibrium configurations for the Euler-Plateau energy with elastic modulus, which couples an energy functional of Euler-Plateau type with a total curvature term often present in models for the free energy of biomembranes. It is…

We study the existence and multiplicity of solutions and the global solution curve of the following free boundary value problem, arising in plasma physics, see R. Temam [18], and H. Berestycki and H. Brezis [3]: find a function $u(x)$ and a…

Motivated by applications to gas filtration problems, we study the regularity of weak solutions to the strongly degenerate parabolic PDE $u_{t}-\mathrm{div}\left((\vert Du\vert-\nu)_{+}^{p-1}\frac{Du}{\vert Du\vert}\right)=f$ in…

We prove that the spatial gradient of (variational) solutions to parabolic obstacle problems of p-Laplacian type enjoys the same regularity of the data and of the derivatives of the obstacle in the scale of Lorentz spaces.

Let $\textbf{A}$ be a symmetric convex quadratic form on $\mathbb{R}^{Nn}$ and $\Omega\Subset \mathbb{R}^n$ a bounded convex domain. We consider the problem of existence of solutions $u: \Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n \longrightarrow…

The Dirichlet problem is considered both for degenerate and singular inhomogeneous quasilinear parabolic equations. We prove the existence of a solution $u$ such that $u_t$ belongs to $L_{\infty}$. The $L_{\infty}$ estimate of $u_t$ is…

We study the obstacle problem associated to mean curvature flow. We add to the geometric vanishing-viscosity approximation of Evans and Spruck a singular perturbation that penalizes the violation of the constraint, and pass to the limit.…

We discuss the existence and regularity of solutions to the following Dirichlet problem: $$\begin{equation} \begin{cases} -\textrm{div}\left(\frac{Du}{(1+|u|)^{\theta}}\right)= -\textrm{div}\left(u^{\gamma}E(x)\right)+f(x) \qquad & \mbox{in…

Solving the Euler equation which corresponds to the energy minimum of a density functional expressed in orbital-free form involves related but distinct computational challenges. One is the choice between all-electron and pseudo-potential…

We study the regularity of the free boundary in the obstacle for the $p$-Laplacian, $\min\bigl\{-\Delta_p u,\,u-\varphi\bigr\}=0$ in $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$. Here, $\Delta_p u=\textrm{div}\bigl(|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla u\bigr)$, and…

We study the obstacle problem related to a wide class of nonlinear integro-differential operators, whose model is the fractional subLaplacian in the Heisenberg group. We prove both the existence and uniqueness of the solution, and that…

In \cite{CHMY04}, we studied $p$-mean curvature and the associated $p$-minimal surfaces in the Heisenberg group from the viewpoint of PDE and differential geometry. In this paper, we look into the problem through the variational…

Some of recent developments, including recent results, ideas, techniques, and approaches, in the study of degenerate partial differential equations are surveyed and analyzed. Several examples of nonlinear degenerate, even mixed, partial…