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Let $G=(V, E)$ be a connected finite graph, $h$ be a positive function on $V$ and $\lambda _{1}(V)$ be the first non-zero eigenvalue of $-\Delta$. For any given finite measure $\mu$ on $V$, define functionals \begin{eqnarray*} J_{ \beta…

We study extremal functions for a family of Poincar\'e-Sobolev-type inequalities. These functions minimize, for subcritical or critical $p\geq 2$, the quotient ${\|\nabla u\|_2}/{\|u\|_p}$ among all $u \in H^1(B)\setminus\{0\}$ with…

We consider the optimization problem of minimizing $\int_{\Omega}G(|\nabla u|) dx$ in the class of functions $W^{1,G}(\Omega)$, with a constrain on the volume of $\{u>0\}$. The conditions on the function $G$ allow for a different behavior…

In this paper, we consider the following variational problem: \begin{eqnarray*} \inf_{u\in…

Denote by $E_\epsilon$ the Ginzburg-Landau functional in the plane and let $\tilde u_\varepsilon$ be the radial solution to the Euler equation associated to the problem $\min \left\{E_\varepsilon(u,B_1): \>\left. u\right\vert _{\partial…

In this note, we prove that minimizers of convex functionals with a convexity constraint and a general class of Lagrangians can be approximated by solutions to fourth-order equations of Abreu type. Our result generalizes that of Le (Twisted…

The ordinary differential equation $\dot{x}(t)=f(x(t)), \; t \geq 0 $, for $f$ measurable, is not sufficiently regular to guarantee existence of solutions. To remedy this we may relax the problem by replacing the function $f$ with its…

Assume that $Au=f,\quad (1)$ is a solvable linear equation in a Hilbert space $H$, $A$ is a linear, closed, densely defined, unbounded operator in $H$, which is not boundedly invertible, so problem (1) is ill-posed. It is proved that the…

We study the planar least gradient problem with respect to an anisotropic norm $\phi$ for continuous boundary data. We prove existence of minimizers for strictly convex domains $\Omega$. Furthermore, we inspect the issue of uniqueness and…

This paper provides universal, optimal moduli of continuity for viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations $F(X, D^2u) = f(X)$, based on weakest integrability properties of $f$ in different scenarios. The primary result…

Inspired by a planar partitioning problem involving multiple improper chambers, this article investigates using classical techniques what can be said of the existence, uniqueness, and regularity of minimizers in a certain free-endpoint…

In view of the applications to the asymptotic analysis of a family of obstacle problems, we consider a class of convex local functionals $F(u,A)$, defined for all functions $u$ in a suitable vector valued Sobolev space and for all open sets…

We deal with the integral functional of the calculus of variations assuming that the gradient of the integrand is Lipschitzian. We then prove that if this gradient does not vanish at zero, then the functional has a unique minimum and a…

Consider the supremal functional \[ \tag{1} \label{1} E_\infty(u,A) \,:=\, \|L(\cdot,u,D u)\|_{L^\infty(A)},\quad A\subseteq \Omega, \] applied to $W^{1,\infty}$ maps $u:\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$.…

In this manuscript, we delve into the study of maps $u\in W^{1,2}(\Omega;\overline M)$ that minimize the Alt-Caffarelli energy functional $$ \int_\Omega (|Du|^2 + q^2 \chi_{u^{-1}(M)})\,dx, $$ under the condition that the image $u(\Omega)$…

The incompressible Euler equations on a compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ take the form \begin{align*} \partial_t u + \nabla_u u &= - \mathrm{grad}_g p \mathrm{div}_g u &= 0. \end{align*} We show that any quadratic ODE $\partial_t y =…

In this paper, we prove the global existence, uniqueness and the continuity in $L^2$ of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with damping $f(|u|)u$, where $f$ is an increasing, convex and differentiable function on $\mathbb{R}^+$,…

We consider the global minimization of a particular type of minimum structured optimization problems wherein the variables must belong to some basic set, the feasible domain is described by the intersection of a large number of functional…

Let $M$\/ be a subharmonic function with Riesz measure $\mu_M$ on the unit disk $\mathbb D$ in the complex plane $\mathbb C$. Let $f$ be a nonzero holomorphic function on $\mathbb D$ such that $f$ vanishes on ${\sf Z}\subset \mathbb D$, and…

We consider the functional \[ F(u)=\int_{\Omega} f(\nabla u)\,dx\qquad u\in\varphi+W^{1,1}_0(\Omega) \] where $\Omega$ is a Lipschitz bounded open set of $\R^N$, $f:\R^N\to\R\cup \{+\infty\}$ is a superlinear Borel function, $\varphi\in…