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We study the problem $-\Delta u=\lambda u-u^{-1}$ with a Neumann boundary condition; the peculiarity being the presence of the singular term $-u^{-1}$. We point out that the minus sign in front of the negative power of $u$ is particularly…

In this article we characterize the $\mathrm{L}^\infty$ eigenvalue problem associated to the Rayleigh quotient $\left.{\|\nabla u\|_{\mathrm{L}^\infty}}\middle/{\|u\|_\infty}\right.$ and relate it to a divergence-form PDE, similarly to what…

We classify the smooth self-similar solutions of the semilinear heat equation $u_t=\Delta u+|u|^{p-1}u$ in $\mathbb{R}^n\times (0,T)$ satisfying an integral condition for all $p>1$ with positive speed. As a corollary, we prove that finite…

We investigate nodal radial solutions to semilinear problems of type \[\begin{cases}-\Delta u = f(|x|,u) \qquad & \text{ in } \Omega, \newline u= 0 & \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \end{cases} \] where $\Omega$ is a bounded radially symmetric…

Let $u$ be an eigenfunction of the Laplacian on a compact manifold with boundary, with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions, and let $-\lambda^2$ be the corresponding eigenvalue. We consider the problem of estimating the maximum of $u$…

The class of differential-equation eigenvalue problems $-y''(x)+x^{2N+2}y(x)=x^N Ey(x)$ ($N=-1,0,1,2,3,...$) on the interval $-\infty<x<\infty$ can be solved in closed form for all the eigenvalues $E$ and the corresponding eigenfunctions…

Consider the problem {ll} \Delta^2 u= \lambda e^{u} &\text{in} B u=\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=0 &\text{on}\partial B, where $B$ is the unit ball in $\R^N$ and $\lambda$ is a parameter. Unlike the Gelfand problem the natural candidate…

In this paper we consider generalized eigenvalue problems for a family of operators with a quadratic dependence on a complex parameter. Our model is $L(\lambda)=-\triangle +(P(x)-\lambda)^2$ in $L^2(\R^d)$ where $P$ is a positive elliptic…

In this paper we study the existence of solutions of a one-dimensional eigenvalue problem $-\left(|\phi_x|^{p-2}\phi_x\right)_x=\lambda \left(|\phi|^{q-2}\phi-f(\phi)\right)$ such that $\phi(0)=\phi(1)=0$, where $p,q>1$, $\lambda$ is a…

We consider an elliptic differential inequality: $\vert \Delta u(x) \vert \le C_0(\YYYY^{-\gamma}\vert u(x)\vert + \YYYY^{-\theta}\vert \nabla u(x)\vert)$ in an exterior domain $\R^n \setminus \ooo{U}$, where $U$ is a simply connected…

In this paper we prove local existence of solutions to the nonlinear heat equation $u_t = \Delta u +a |u|^\alpha u, \; t\in(0,T),\; x=(x_1,\,\cdots,\, x_N)\in {\mathbb R}^N,\; a = \pm 1,\; \alpha>0;$ with initial value $u(0)\in…

We study the self-similar solutions of any sign of the equation u_{t}-div(|&#8711;u|^{p-2}&#8711;u)=|u|^{q-1}u, in R^{N}, where p,q>1. We extend the results of Haraux-Weissler obtained for p=2 to the case q>p-1>0. In particular we study the…

We propose a new method to solve the eigen-value problem with a two-center single-particle potential. This method combines the usual matrix diagonalization with the method of separable representation of a two-center potential, that is, an…

In this paper, we study the existence of a solution for a class of Dirichlet problems with a singularity and a convection term. Precisely, we consider the existence of a positive solution to the Dirichlet problem $$-\Delta_p u =…

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We develop computer-assisted tools to study semilinear equations of the form \begin{equation*} -\Delta u -\frac{x}{2}\cdot \nabla{u}= f(x,u,\nabla u) ,\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^d. \end{equation*} Such equations appear naturally in several…

In this article we prove that the first eigenvalue of the $\infty-$Laplacian $$ \left\{ \begin{array}{rclcl} \min\{ -\Delta_\infty v,\, |\nabla v|-\lambda_{1, \infty}(\Omega) v \} & = & 0 & \text{in} & \Omega v & = & 0 & \text{on} &…

We prove existence and uniqueness of self-similar solutions with exponential form $$ u(x,t)=e^{\alpha t}f(|x|e^{-\beta t}), \qquad \alpha, \ \beta>0 $$ to the following quasilinear reaction-diffusion equation $$ \partial_tu=\Delta…

We prove an existence result for Robin boundary value problems modeled on \[ \begin{cases} \Delta u + |\nabla u|^2 + \lambda f(x) = 0 & \text{in } \Omega \\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial \nu} + \beta u = 0 & \text{on } \partial\Omega…