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Let $\pi:\mathcal{X}\to S$ be a holomorphic family of canonically polarized manifolds over a complex manifold $S$, and $f:\mathcal{X}\to N$ a smooth map into a Riemannian manifold $N$. Consider the energy function $E: S\to \mathbb{R}$ that…

We lay out the foundations of the theory of second-order conformal superintegrable systems. Such systems are essentially Laplace equations on a manifold with an added potential: $(\Delta_n+V({\bf x}))\Psi=0$. Distinct families of…

This is the first part of a series of two papers where we study perturbations of divergence form second order elliptic operators $-\mathop{\operatorname{div}} A \nabla$ by first and zero order terms, whose coefficients lie in critical…

Asymptotic formula is derived for the behavior of the fundamental solution of the second-order elliptic self-adjoint operator with a piecewise-smooth coefficient in front of the senior derivatives near the discontinuity surface of the…

We generalise the theory of energy functionals used in the study of gradient systems to the case where the domain of definition of the functional cannot be embedded into the Hilbert space $H$ on which the associated operator acts, such as…

We settle the issue of well-posedness for the Dirichlet problem for a higher order elliptic system ${\mathcal L}(x,D_x)$ with complex-valued, bounded, measurable coefficients in a Lipschitz domain $\Omega$, with boundary data in Besov…

We consider second order uniformly elliptic operators of divergence form in $\R^{d+1}$ whose coefficients are independent of one variable. Under the Lipschitz condition on the coefficients we characterize the domain of the Poisson operators…

In this article we consider a special type of degenerate elliptic partial differential equations of second order in convex domains that satisfy the interior sphere condition. We show that any positive viscosity solution $u$ of $-|\nabla…

We consider the Dirichlet problem in a wedge for parabolic equation whose coefficients are measurable function of t. We obtain coercive estimates in weighted $L_{p,q}$-spaces. The concept of "critical exponent" introduced in the paper plays…

We present certain Liouville properties of eigenfunctions of second-order elliptic operators with real coefficients, via an approach that is based on stochastic representations of positive solutions, and criticality theory of second-order…

In this paper we study a Dirichlet problem for an elliptic equation with degenerate coercivity and a singular lower order term with natural growth with respect to the gradient. We will show that, even if the lower order term is singular, it…

We consider Dirichlet problems for linear elliptic equations of second order in divergence form on a bounded or exterior smooth domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \ge 3$, with drifts $\mathbf{b}$ in the critical weak $L^n$-space…

We introduce Rayleigh functional for nonlinear systems. It is defined using the energy functional and the normalization properties of the variables of variation. The key property of the Rayleigh quotient for linear systems is preserved in…

Let $\mathcal{O} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain of class $C^2$. In the Hilbert space $L_2(\mathcal{O};\mathbb{C}^n)$, we consider a matrix elliptic second order differential operator $\mathcal{A}_{D,\varepsilon}$ with the…

We study the Dirichlet problem for fully nonlinear, degenerate elliptic equations of the form f(Hess, u)=0 on a smoothly bounded domain D in R^n. In our approach the equation is replaced by a subset F of the space of symmetric nxn-matrices,…

This article gives an existence theory for weak solutions of second order non-elliptic linear Dirichlet problems of the form {eqnarray} \nabla'P(x)\nabla u +{\bf HR}u+{\bf S'G}u +Fu &=& f+{\bf T'g} \textrm{in}\Theta…

We consider the second order semilinear elliptic system $\Delta u= p\left( x\right) v^\alpha,$ $\Delta v= q\left(x\right) u^\beta,$ where $x \in \mathbf{R}^N,$ $N \geq 3,$ $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive constants, $p$ and $q$ are…

In this paper, we prove a higher integrability result for very weak solutions of higher-order elliptic systems involving a double phase operator as the principal part. As a model case, we consider \begin{equation} \int_{\Omega} \left( |D^m…

We study a vectorial $L^\infty$-variational problem of second order, where the supremal functional depends on the vector function $u$ through a linear elliptic operator in divergence form. We prove existence and uniqueness of the minimiser…

After introducing the concept of functional dissipativity of the Dirichlet problem in a domain $\Omega\subset {\mathbb R}^N$ for systems of partial differential operators of the form $\partial_{h}({\mathscr A}^{hk}(x)\partial_{k})$…