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We investigate qualitative properties of weak solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the equation $-\Delta_p u = \lambda m(x)|u|^{p-2}u + \eta a(x)|u|^{q-2}u + f(x)$ in a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, where $q<p$. Under…

The Stokes resolvent problem $\lambda u - \Delta u + \nabla \phi = f$ with $\mathrm{div}(u) = 0$ subject to homogeneous Dirichlet or homogeneous Neumann-type boundary conditions is investigated. In the first part of the paper we show that…

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We present a result of existence of infinitely many solutions for the Dirichlet problem involving the p-Laplacian in annular domains, when $p\leq N$, contouring the failure of compactness of $W^{1,p}(\Omega)$ in $C^0(\bar{\Omega})$ applying…

Let $n\geq2$ and $ \Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ be a Lipschitz wedge- like domain . We construct positive weak solutions of the problem $$\Delta u + u^p = 0 \quad\hbox{in}\, \Omega,$$ which vanish in a suitable trace sense on…

We consider shape functionals of the form $F_q(\Omega)=P(\Omega)T^q(\Omega)$ on the class of open sets of prescribed Lebesgue measure. Here $q>0$ is fixed, $P(\Omega)$ denotes the perimeter of $\Omega$ and $T(\Omega)$ is the torsional…

In this work we present a Lyapunov inequality for linear and quasilinear elliptic differential operators in $N-$dimensional domains $\Omega$. We also consider singular and degenerate elliptic problems with $A_p$ coefficients involving the…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with smooth boundary, we study the following elliptic Dirichlet problem $$ \begin{cases} -\Delta\upsilon= e^{\upsilon}-s\phi_1-4\pi\alpha\delta_p-h(x)\,\,\,\,…

We prove a Payne-Weinberger type inequality for the $p$-Laplacian Neumann eigenvalues ($p\ge 2$). The inequality provides the sharp upper bound on convex domains, in terms of the diameter alone, of the best constants in Poincar\'e…

We consider the quasi-linear eigenvalue problem $-\Delta_p u = \lambda g(u)$ subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on a bounded open set $\Omega$, where $g$ is a locally Lipschitz continuous functions. Imposing no further conditions on…

In 1995, D. Jerison and C. Kenig in \cite{JK-1995} considered the the inhomogeneous Dirichlet problem $\Delta u= f$ on $\Omega$, $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$ in Lipschitz domains. One of their main results shows that the $W^{1,p}$ estimate…

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We prove the convergence of the fixed-point (also called thresholding) algorithm in three optimal control problems under large volume constraints. This algorithm was introduced by C\'ea, Gioan and Michel, and is of constant use in the…

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We generalize the shape optimization problem for the existence of stable equilibrium configurations of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystal drops surrounded by an isotropic solution to include a broader family of admissible domains with…