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In the unit ball B(0,1), let $u$ and $\Omega$ (a domain in $\R$) solve the following overdetermined problem: $$\Delta u =\chi_\Omega\quad \hbox{in} B(0,1), \qquad 0 \in \partial \Omega, \qquad u=|\nabla u |=0 \quad \hbox{in} B(0,1)\setminus…

We examine the regularity of the extremal solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $ \IR^N$, with the Navier boundary condition $ u=\Delta u =0 $ on $ \pOm$. Here $…

We develop minimal slicing via capillary hypersurfaces to understand positive scalar curvature metric on manifolds with boundary. The method provides rigidity statements once the regularity of minimizers of capillary area functional holds.…

In this paper we prove the uniqueness of the critical point for stable solutions of the Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ \partial_\nu u+\beta u=0&\text{on }\partial\Omega, \end{cases}…

In this paper we consider a class of obstacle problems of the type %\begin{equation*} %\int_{\Omega}\left<A(x, Du), D(\varphi-u)\right> \, \dx\ge0\qquad\forall %\varphi\in W^{1,q}(\Omega) \quad {\mathrm{s.t.}} \quad \varphi \ge \psi…

Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ be a bounded domain and $\delta(x)$ be the distance of a point $x\in \Omega$ to the boundary. We study the positive solutions of the problem $\Delta u +\frac{\mu}{\delta(x)^2}u=u^p$ in $\Omega$, where $p>0,…

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 following prescribed boundary mean curvature problem in $\mathbb B^N$ with the Euclidean metric $-\Delta u =0$, $u>0$ in $B^N, \frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu} + \frac{N-2}{2} u =\frac{N-2}{2} K(x) u^{N/(N-2)}$ on $S^{N-1},…

We consider, in a first instance, the class of boundaries of sets with locally finite perimeter whose (weakly defined) mean curvature is $g \nu$, for a given continuous positive ambient function $g$, and where $\nu$ denotes the inner…

We investigate the overdetermined problem given by \begin{equation*} \Delta u=0 \text{ in } \Omega,\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial\nu} =\sigma_1 u \text{ on } \partial \Omega, \quad |\nabla u|=\text{constant on } \partial \Omega,…

We consider the Gelfand problem in a bounded smooth domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ with the Dirichlet boundary condition. We are interested in the boundedness of the extremal solution $u^*$. When the dimension $N\ge10$, it is known…

We study necessary conditions on the geometry and the topology of domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$ that support a positive solution to a classical overdetermined elliptic problem. The ideas and tools we use come from constant mean curvature…

Given a bounded regular domain $\omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{N-1}$ and the half-cylinder $\Sigma = \omega \times (0,+\infty)$, we consider the relative overdetermined torsion problem in $\Sigma$, i.e. \[\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \Delta…

We examine the fourth order problem $\Delta^2 u = \lambda f(u) $ in $ \Omega$ with $ \Delta u = u =0 $ on $ \partial \Omega$, where $ \lambda > 0$ is a parameter, $ \Omega$ is a bounded domain in $ R^N$ and where $f$ is one of the following…

In this paper we consider the fully nonlinear parabolic free boundary problem $$ \left\{\begin{array}{ll} F(D^2u) -\partial_t u=1 & \text{a.e. in}Q_1 \cap \Omega\\ |D^2 u| + |\partial_t u| \leq K & \text{a.e. in}Q_1\setminus\Omega,…

In this paper we establish the boundedness of the extremal solution u^* in dimension N=4 of the semilinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u=\lambda f(u)$, in a general smooth bounded domain Omega of R^N, with Dirichlet data $u|_{\partial…

We prove a compactness result for capillary hypersurfaces with mean curvature prescribed by ambient functions, which generalizes the results of Sch\"atzle and Bellettini to the capillary case. The proof relies on extending the definition of…

In this paper, we investigate interior gradient estimates for solutions to the mean curvature equation $$ \dive \left( \frac{\nabla u}{\sqrt{1 + |\nabla u|^2}} \right) = f(\nabla u)$$ under various nonlinear assumptions on the right-hand…

We consider the boundary value problem \begin{equation} - \Delta u = \lambda c(x)u+ \mu(x) |\nabla u|^2 + h(x), \qquad u \in H^1_0(\Omega) \cap L^{\infty}(\Omega), \leqno{(P_{\lambda})} \end{equation} where $\Omega \subset \R^N, N \geq 3$…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded $C^2$ domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and $u\in C(\mathbb{R}^n)$ solves \begin{equation*} \begin{aligned} \Delta u + a Iu + C_0|Du| \geq -K\quad \text{in}\; \Omega, \quad \Delta u + a Iu - C_0|Du|\leq K \quad \text{in}\;…