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In this paper we study the following problem \begin{equation} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)~&\mbox{in}\ \Omega_\varepsilon,\\ u>0~&\mbox{in}\ \Omega_\varepsilon,\\ u=0~&\mbox{on}\ \partial\Omega_\varepsilon, \end{cases} \end{equation} where…

In this paper we prove the uniqueness of the critical point for stable solutions of the Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ \partial_\nu u+\beta u=0&\text{on }\partial\Omega, \end{cases}…

In this paper, we study the number of critical points of the Kirchhoff-Routh function \begin{equation*} \mathcal{KR}_D(x,y)=\Lambda_1^2\mathcal{R}_D(x)+\Lambda_2^2\mathcal{R}_D(y)-2\Lambda_1\Lambda_2G_D(x,y), \end{equation*} where $D$ is a…

In this work we prove the non-degeneracy of the critical points of the Robin function for the Fractional Laplacian under symmetry and convexity assumptions on the domain $\Omega$. This work extends to the fractional setting the results of…

Let $n\ge 2$ and $s\in (n-2,n)$. Assume that $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a one-sided bounded non-tangentially accessible domain with $s$-Ahlfors regular boundary and $\sigma$ is the surface measure on the boundary of $\Omega$, denoted…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded simply connected domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. We investigate the existence of critical points of the energy $E_\varepsilon (u)=1/2\int_\Omega |\nabla u|^2+1/(4\varepsilon^2)\int_\Omega (1-|u|^2)^2$, where the…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}$ be a bounded domain. In this note, we use complex variable methods to study the number of critical points of the function $v=v_\Omega$ that solves the elliptic problem $\Delta v = -2$ in $\Omega,$ with boundary…

Let $E_{\tau}:=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}+\mathbb{Z}\tau)$ with $\operatorname{Im}\tau>0$ be a flat torus and $G(z;\tau)$ be the Green function on $E_{\tau}$ with the singularity at $0$. Consider the multiple Green function $G_{n}$ on…

Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$ ($N\geq1$) be a smooth bounded domain, $a\in C(\bar{\Omega})$ a sign-changing function, and $0\leq q<1$. We investigate the Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=a(x)u^{q} & \mbox{in $\Omega$},\\ u\geq0…

We consider a slightly subcritical Dirichlet problem with a non-power nonlinearity in a bounded smooth domain. For this problem, standard compact embeddings cannot be used to guarantee the existence of solutions as in the case of power-type…

In this paper, we deal with the boundary value problem $-\Delta u= |u|^{4/(n-2)}u/[\ln (e+|u|)]^\varepsilon$ in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$ with homogenous Dirichlet boundary condition. Here…

Let $G(z)=G(z;\tau)$ be the Green function on the flat torus $E_{\tau}=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb{Z}+\mathbb{Z}\tau)$ with the singularity at $0$. Lin and Wang (Ann. Math. 2010) proved that $G(z)$ has either $3$ or $5$ critical points (depending…

In this paper, we study the symmetry properties of nondegenerate critical points of shape functionals using the implicit function theorem. We show that, if a shape functional is invariant with respect to some continuous group of rotations,…

This paper is concerned with a biharmonic equation under the Navier boundary condition with nearly critical exponent. We study the asymptotic behavior os solutions which are minimizing for the Sobolev quatient. We show that such solutions…

We are concerned with the Lane-Emden problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u=u^{p} &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u>0 &{\text{in}~\Omega},\\[0.5mm] u=0 &{\text{on}~\partial \Omega}, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $\Omega\subset…

In this paper, we investigate the critical points of solutions to the prescribed constant mean curvature equation with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions respectively in a bounded smooth convex domain $\Omega$ of…

We go further in the investigation of the Robin problem $(P_{\alpha})$: $-\Delta u=a(x)u^{q}$ in $\Omega$, $u\geq0$ in $\Omega$, $\partial_{\nu}u=\alpha u$ on $\partial \Omega$; on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{N}$, with $a$…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^n$, $n\ge 5$. We consider the semilinear heat equation at the critical Sobolev exponent $$ u_t = \Delta u + u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}} \inn \Omega\times (0,\infty), \quad u =0 \onn \pp\Omega\times…

We study the existence of the Green function for an elliptic system in divergence form $-\nabla\cdot a\nabla$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$, with $d>2$. The tensor field $a=a(x)$ is only assumed to be bounded and $\lambda$-coercive. For almost every…

We study questions related to critical points of the Green's function of a bounded multiply connected domain in the complex plane. The motion of critical points, their limiting positions as the pole approaches the boundary and the…