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We consider the inverse problem of the reconstruction of a Schr\"odinger operator on a unknown Riemannian manifold or a domain of Euclidean space. The data used is a part of the boundary $\Gamma$ and the eigenvalues corresponding to a set…

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In a recent paper the author introduced a new method based on viscosity techniques for producing minimal surfaces by minmax arguments. The present work corresponds to the regularity part of the method. Precisely we establish that any weakly…

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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…

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