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Given a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$ we study the asymptotic behavior as $\varepsilon \to 0$ of the eigencurves of $$ -\Delta_p u_\varepsilon=\alpha_\varepsilon m(\tfrac{x}{\varepsilon})(u_\varepsilon^+ )^{p-1} -…

We consider the homogeneous heat equation in a domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with vanishing initial data and the Dirichlet boundary condition. We are looking for solutions in $W^{r,s}_{p,q}(\Omega\times(0,T))$, where $r < 2$, $s < 1$,…

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Energy minimizers to a MEMS model with an insulating layer are shown to converge in its reinforced limit to the minimizer of the limiting model as the thickness of the layer tends to zero. The proof relies on the identification of the…

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Strongly convex sets in Hilbert spaces are characterized by local properties. One quantity which is used for this purpose is a generalization of the modulus of convexity \delta_\Omega of a set \Omega. We also show that \lim_{\epsilon \to 0}…

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In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of a class of nonlinear elliptic problems posed in a 2-dimensional domain that degenerates into a line segment (a thin domain) when a positive parameter $\varepsilon$ goes to…

In the context of elasticity theory, rigidity theorems allow to derive global properties of a deformation from local ones. This paper presents a new asymptotic version of rigidity, applicable to elastic bodies with sufficiently stiff…

We derive, via simultaneous homogenization and dimension reduction, the $\Gamma$-limit for thin elastic plates of thickness $h$ whose energy density oscillates on a scale $\eh$ such that $ \eh^2 \ll h\ll \eh$. We consider the energy scaling…

The thermal evolution of the spectral densities derivable from the two-point functions of the elementary and the quadratic composite fields of the O(N) model is studied in the isosinglet channel and in the broken symmetry phase at infinite…

We consider a quasi-linear homogenization problem in a two-dimensional pre-fractal domain $\Omega_n$, for $n\in\mathbb{N}$, surrounded by thick fibers of amplitude $\varepsilon$. We introduce a sequence of "pre-homogenized" energy…

We prove that an open set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ can be approximated by smooth sets of uniformly bounded perimeter from the interior if and only if the open set $\Omega$ satisfies \begin{align*} &\qquad…

Given a convex set $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$, we consider the shape optimization problem of finding a convex subset $\omega\subset \Omega$, of a given measure, minimizing the $p$-distance functional $$\mathcal{J}_p(\omega) :=…

The asymptotic behaviour of the equilibrium configurations of a thin elastic plate is studied, as the thickness $h$ of the plate goes to zero. More precisely, it is shown that critical points of the nonlinear elastic functional $\mathcal…

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We consider convection in an internally heated layer of fluid that is bounded below by a perfect insulator and above by a poor conductor. The poorly conducting boundary is modelled by a fixed heat flux. Using solely analytical methods, we…