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We study the critical points of the solution of second elliptic equations in divergence and diagonal form with a bounded and positive definite coefficient, under the assumption that the statement of the Hopf lemma holds (sign assumptions on…

We obtain a global extension of the classical weak Harnack inequality which extends and quantifies the Hopf-Oleinik boundary-point lemma, for uniformly elliptic equations in divergence form. Among the consequences is a boundary gradient…

In this study, we address the eigenvalue problem given by: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Div (w\nabla u_i)=\la_iu_i &\text{in } \Om\subset \mathbb{R}^n,\\ u_i=0 &\text{on } \pt \Om, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $w > 0$ within $\Om$…

We prove existence of solutions to a nonlinear degenerate elliptic equation of the form \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta_{1} u+ \frac{|D u|}{(1-u)^{\gamma}}=g & \mbox{in $\Omega$,}\\ u=0 \hfill & \mbox{on $\partial\Omega$,} \end{cases} \] in a…

For a general class of divergence type quasi-linear degenerate parabolic equations with measurable coeffcients and lower order terms from non-linear Kato-type classes, we prove local boundedness and continuity of solutions, and the…

We derive Schauder estimates using ideas from Campanato's approach for a general class of local hypoelliptic operators and non-local kinetic equations. The method covers equations in divergence and non-divergence form. In particular our…

We want to prove a Harnack type inequality for solutions of strongly degenerate parabolic, or elliptic-parabolic, equations. To do that, we first define a De Giorgi class of order $p = 2$ that contains the solutions of evolution equations…

In this paper we give both an historical and technical overview of the theory of Harnack inequalities for nonlinear parabolic equations in divergence form. We start reviewing the elliptic case with some of its variants and geometrical…

We consider degenerate Monge-Ampere equations of the type $$\det D^2 u= f \quad \{in $\Om$}, \quad \quad f \sim \, d_{\p \Om}^\alpha \quad \{near $\p \Om$,}$$ where $d_{\p \Om}$ represents the distance to the boundary of the domain $\Om$…

In these notes we study the Dirichlet problem for critical points of a convex functional of the form \[ F(u)=\int_{\Omega}\phi\left( \left\vert \nabla u\right\vert \right) , \] where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain of a complete Riemannian…

In this paper, we consider the radial symmetry, uniqueness and non-degeneracy of solutions to the degenerate nonlinear elliptic equation $$ -\nabla \cdot \left(|x|^{2a} \nabla u\right) + \omega u=|u|^{p-2}u \quad \mbox{in} \,\, \R^d, $$…

These are the notes of a part of the PhD course Regularity for free boundary problems and for elliptic PDEs, held in Pavia in the spring of 2025. The aim is to provide a comprehensive and self-contained treatment of classical interior and…

We consider the Dirichlet problem for second-order linear elliptic equations in divergence form \begin{equation*} -\mathrm{div }(A\nabla u)+\mathbf{b} \cdot \nabla u+\lambda u=f+\mathrm{div } \mathbf{F}\quad \text{in }…

In this paper, we establish a Modica type estimate on bounded solutions to the overdetermined elliptic problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \Delta u+f(u) =0& \mbox{in $\Omega$, }\\ u>0 &\mbox{in $\Omega$, } u=0 &\mbox{on…

We establish a mixed observability inequality for a class of degenerate hyperbolic equations on the cylindrical domain $\Omega = \mathbb{T} \times (0,1)$ with mixed Neumann Dirichlet boundary conditions. The degeneracy acts only in the…

In this manuscript, we study geometric regularity estimates for degenerate parabolic equations of $p$-Laplacian type ($2 \leq p< \infty$) under a strong absorption condition: $ \Delta_p u - \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \lambda_0 u_{+}^q…

We provide a rather complete description of the sharp regularity theory for a family of heterogeneous, two-phase variational free boundary problems, $\mathcal{J}_\gamma \to $ min, ruled by nonlinear, $p$-degenerate elliptic operators.…

We obtain Dini type estimates for a class of concave fully nonlinear nonlocal elliptic equations of order $\sigma\in (0,2)$ with rough and non-symmetric kernels. The proof is based on a novel application of Campanato's approach and a…

We provide a sharp $C^{1,\alpha}$ estimate up to the boundary for a viscosity solution of a degenerate fully nonlinear elliptic equation with the oblique boundary condition on a $C^1$ domain. To this end, we first obtain a uniform boundary…

In this paper we propose new insights and ideas to set up quantitative boundary estimates for solutions to Dirichlet problem of a class of fully non-linear elliptic equations on compact Hermitian manifolds with real analytic Levi flat…