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In this paper, we study the homogenization of elliptic equations that combine a local part, given by the Laplacian with Neumann boundary conditions, and its nonlocal version, defined through an integral operator with a smooth kernel. These…
In the context of unfitted finite element discretizations the realization of high order methods is challenging due to the fact that the geometry approximation has to be sufficiently accurate. Recently a new unfitted finite element method…
We study an optimal control problem governed by elliptic PDEs with interface, which the control acts on the interface. Due to the jump of the coefficient across the interface and the control acting on the interface, the regularity of…
Dealing with variational formulations of second order elliptic problems with discontinuous coefficients, we recall a single field minimization problem of an extended functional presented by Bevilacqua et al (1974), which we associate with…
The interface problem for the linear Schr\"odinger equation in one-dimensional piecewise homogeneous domains is examined by providing an explicit solution in each domain. The location of the interfaces is known and the continuity of the…
Almost all materials are anisotropic. In this paper, interface relations of anisotropic elliptic partial differential equations involving discontinuities across interfaces are derived in two and three dimensions. Compared with isotropic…
We propose a low-dimensional interface reduction method for elliptic interface problems based on conservative flux reconstruction. The approach combines a fitted $P_1$ finite element discretization with a flux recovery procedure following…
We study the asymptotic behaviour of a system of nonlinear reaction--diffusion--advection equations in a domain consisting of two bulk regions connected via microscopic channels distributed within a thin membrane. Both the width of the…
In this work we study the homogenization problem for nonlinear eigenvalues of quasilinear elliptic operators. We obtain an explicit order of convergence in $k$ and in $\varepsilon$ for the (variational) eigenvalues.
We are interested in the shape of the homogenized operator $\overline F(Q)$ for PDEs which have the structure of a nonlinear Pucci operator. A typical operator is $H^{a_1,a_2}(Q,x) = a_1(x) \lambda_{\min}(Q) + a_2(x)\lambda_{\max}(Q)$.…
The issue of symmetry and symmetry breaking is fundamental in all areas of science. Symmetry is often assimilated to order and beauty while symmetry breaking is the source of many interesting phenomena such as phase transitions,…
This note is a summary of the recent paper [9]. Here, we study the homogenization of elliptic systems with Dirichlet boundary condition, when both the coefficients and the boundary datum are oscillating. In particular, in the paper [9], we…
In this article, we consider elliptic diffusion problems on random domains with non-smooth diffusion coefficients. We start by illustrating the problems that arise from a non-smooth diffusion coefficient by recapitulating the corresponding…
Fractional-order elliptic problems are investigated in case of inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary data. The boundary integral form is proposed as a suitable mathematical model. The corresponding theory is completed by sharpening the mapping…
In this paper, new unfitted mixed finite elements are presented for elliptic interface problems with jump coefficients. Our model is based on a fictitious domain formulation with distributed Lagrange multiplier. The relevance of our…
In this paper, we consider a family of second-order elliptic systems subject to a periodically oscillating Robin boundary condition. We establish the qualitative homogenization theorem on any Lipschitz domains satisfying a non-resonance…
In this paper we establish existence, uniqueness, and boundedness results for an elliptic variational inequality coupled with a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Under the general framework, we present a new application modelling…
This study is devoted to proving the existence of weak solutions for a nonlinear elliptic problem with Neumann-type boundary data. The problem is driven by a discontinuous power nonlinearity and a nonsmooth prescribed data. Additionally, we…
We use a diffuse interface method for solving Poisson's equation with a Dirichlet condition on an embedded curved interface. The resulting diffuse interface problem is identified as a standard Dirichlet problem on approximating regular…
On a smooth, closed Riemannian manifold, we study the question of proportionality of components, also called synchronization, of vector-valued solutions to nonlinear elliptic Schr\"odinger systems with constant coefficients. In particular,…