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The article is devoted to the dynamics of systems with an anomalous scaling near a critical point. The fractional stochastic equation of a Lanvevin type with the $\varphi^3$ nonlinearity is considered. By analogy with the model A the field…

This paper is devoted to the study of quasi-periodic properties of fractional order integrals and derivatives of periodic functions. Considering Riemann-Liouville and Caputo definitions, we discuss when the fractional derivative and when…

This paper is devoted to kinetic equations without confinement. We investigate the large time behaviour induced by collision operators with fat tailed local equilibria. Such operators have an anomalous diffusion limit. In the appropriate…

In this paper we present a study of anomalous diffusion using a Fokker-Planck description with fractional velocity derivatives. The distribution functions are found using numerical means for varying degree of fractionality observing the…

We consider the nonlinear Duffing oscillator in presence of fractional damping which is characteristic in different physical situations. The system is studied with a smaller and larger damping parameter value, that we call the underdamped…

We study $H^1$ versus $C^1$ local minimizers for functionals defined on spaces of symmetric functions, namely functions that are invariant by the action of some subgroups of $\mathcal{O}(N)$. These functionals, in many cases, are associated…

We develop a wavelet like representation of functions in $L^p(\mathbb{R})$ based on their Fourier--Hermite coefficients; i.e., we describe an expansion of such functions where the local behavior of the terms characterize completely the…

We study isometric immersions of a Riemannian surface $(\Omega,\frak{g})$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$, into $\mathbb{R}^3$. We consider their bending energy, i.e., the square of the $L^2$-norm of their second fundamental form,…

This note deals with certain properties of convex functions. We provide results on the convexity of the set of minima of these functions, the behaviour of their subgradient set under restriction, and optimization of these functions over an…

We study local minima of the $p$-conformal energy functionals, \[ \mathsf{E}_{\cal A}^\ast(h):=\int_\ID {\cal A}(\IK(w,h)) \;J(w,h) \; dw,\quad h|_\IS=h_0|_\IS, \] defined for self mappings $h:\ID\to\ID$ with finite distortion of the unit…

We consider the spectral definition of the fractional Laplace operator and study a basic linear problem involving this operator and singular forcing. In two dimensions, we introduce an appropriate weak formulation in fractional Sobolev…

In this work we introduce and study fractional measure theoretic elliptic operators on the torus and a new stochastic process named W-Brownian motion. We establish some regularity and spectral results related to the operators cited above,…

We consider a class of time-fractional phase field models including the Allen-Cahn and Cahn-Hilliard equations. We establish several weighted positivity results for functionals driven by the Caputo time-fractional derivative. Several novel…

In this paper, we establish an $\varepsilon$-regularity theorem for minimizers of an Alt-Phillips type functional subject to constraint maps. We prove that under sufficiently small energy, the minimizers exhibit regularity, and hence…

The properties of Mittag-Leffler function is reviewed within the framework of an umbral formalism. We take advantage from the formal equivalence with the exponential function to define the relevant semigroup properties. We analyse the…

An isometric immersion $x:M^n\rightarrow S^{n+p}$ is called Willmore if it is an extremal submanifold of the Willmore functional: $W(x)=\int_{M^n} (S-nH^2)^{\frac{n}{2}}dv$, where $S$ is the norm square of the second fundamental form and…

We describe two dimensional models with a metallic Fermi surface which display quantum phase transitions controlled by strongly interacting critical field theories below their upper critical dimension. The primary examples involve…

Let $(S^2,g)$ be a convex surface of revolution and $H \subset S^2$ the unique rotationally invariant geodesic. Let $\varphi^\ell_m$ be the orthonormal basis of joint eigenfunctions of $\Delta_g$ and $\partial_\theta$, the generator of the…

We study energy functionals associated with quasi-linear Schr\"odinger operators on infinite graphs, and develop characterisations of (sub-)criticality via Green's functions, harmonic functions of minimal growth and capacities. We proof a…

We consider a semipositone problem involving the fractional $p$ Laplace operator of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} (-\Delta)_p^s u &=\mu( u^{r}-1) \text{ in } \Omega,\\ u &>0 \text{ in }\Omega,\\ u &=0 \text{ on }\Omega^{c},…