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The chemotaxis system \begin{align*} u_t &= \Delta u - \nabla \cdot (u\nabla v), \\ v_t &= \Delta v - uv, \end{align*} is considered under the boundary conditions $\frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu}- u\frac{\partial v}{\partial\nu}=0$ and…

In this paper, we consider the well-known following shape optimization problem: $$\lambda_2(\Omega^*)=\min_{\stackrel{|\Omega|=V_0} {\Omega\textrm{ convex}}} \lambda_2(\Omega),$$ where $\lambda_2(\Om)$ denotes the second eigenvalue of the…

In this paper we are interested in positive classical solutions of \begin{equation} \label{eqx} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u = a(x) u^{p-1} & \mbox{ in } \Omega, \\ u>0 & \mbox{ in } \Omega, \\ u= 0 & \mbox{ on } \pOm, \end…

In this note we construct smooth bounded domains $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$, other than disks, for which the overdetermined problem $$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} \Delta u + \lambda u &= 0 &\qquad& \text{ in } \Omega, \newline u &= b…

We consider the problem \[-\Delta u + W(x)u = ((1/{|x|^{\alpha}} * |u|^{p}) |u|^{p-2}u, u \in H_{0}^{1}(\Omega)\], where $\Omega$ is an exterior domain in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $N\geq3,$ $\alpha \in(0,N)$, $p\in[2,(2N-\alpha)/(N-2)$, $W$ is…

Let $\Omega$ be an open, possibly unbounded, set in Euclidean space $\R^m$ with boundary $\partial\Omega,$ let $A$ be a measurable subset of $\Omega$ with measure $|A|$, and let $\gamma \in (0,1)$. We investigate whether the solution…

We study the higher regularity of solutions and free boundaries in the Alt-Phillips problem $\Delta u=u^{\gamma-1}$, with $\gamma\in(0,1)$. Our main results imply that, once free boundaries are $C^{1,\alpha}$, then they are $C^\infty$. In…

On a closed Riemannian manifold $(M^n ,g)$ with a proper isoparametric function $f$ we consider the equation $\Delta^2 u -\alpha \Delta u +\beta u = u^q$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive constants satisfying that $\alpha^2 \geq 4…

In this paper, we obtain estimates on the quantitative strata of the critical set of non-trivial harmonic functions $u$ which vanish continuously on $V \subset \partial \Omega$, a relatively open subset of the boundary of a convex domain…

The boundary value problem is examined for the system of elliptic equations of from $-\Delta u + A(x)u = 0 \quad\text{in} \Omega,$ where $A(x)$ is positive semidefinite matrix on $\mathbb{R}^{{k}\times{k}},$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial…

This paper studies the existence of positive normalized solutions to the singular elliptic equation \[ -\Delta u + \lambda u = u^{-r} + u^{p-1} \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] with the Dirichlet boundary condition $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ and…

We consider the problem $$ \epsilon^2 \Delta u-V(y)u+u^p\,=\,0,~~u>0~~\quad\mbox{in}\quad\Omega,~~\quad\frac {\partial u}{\partial \nu}\,=\,0\quad\mbox{on}~~~\partial \Omega, $$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^2$ with…

We study the elliptic equation $\lambda u-L^{\Omega}u=f$ in an open convex subset $\Omega$ of an infinite dimensional separable Banach space $X$ endowed with a centered non-degenerate Gaussian measure $\gamma$, where $L^\Omega$ is the…

In this paper we show the uniqueness of the critical point for \emph{semi-stable} solutions of the problem $$\begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ u=0&\text{on } \partial\Omega,\end{cases}$$ where…

We examine the elliptic system given by \begin{eqnarray*} \qquad \left\{ \begin{array}{lcl} -\Delta u =\lambda f(v) \quad \mbox{ in } \Omega -\Delta v =\gamma f(u) \quad \mbox{ in } \Omega, u=v =0, \quad \mbox{ on } \pOm \end{array}\right.…

We study nonnegative solutions of the boundary value problem $$-\Delta u = \lambda c(x)u + \mu(x)|\nabla u|^2 + h(x),\quad u\in H^1_0(\Omega)\cap L^\infty(\Omega), \leqno(P_\lambda)$$ where $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain, $\mu, c\in…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded open interval, let $p>1$ and $\gamma>0$, and let $m:\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a function that may change sign in $\Omega $. In this article we study the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for…

In this article we provide existence, uniqueness and regularity results of a degenerate singular elliptic boundary value problem whose prototype is given by \begin{gather*} \begin{cases} -\operatorname{div}(w(x)|\nabla u|^{p-2}\nabla…

We prove a result of existence of positive solutions of the Dirichlet problem for $-\Delta_p u=\mathrm{w}(x)f(u,\nabla u)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, where $\Delta_p$ is the $p$-Laplacian and $\mathrm{w}$ is a weight…

We study the existence and uniqueness of the positive solutions of the problem (P): $\partial_tu-\Delta u+u^q=0$ ($q>1$) in $\Omega\times (0,\infty)$, $u=\infty$ on $\partial\Omega\times (0,\infty)$ and $u(.,0)\in L^1(\Omega)$, when…