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In this work we establish solvability and uniqueness for the $D_2$ Dirichlet problem and the $R_2$ Regularity problem for second order elliptic operators $L=-{\rm div}(A\nabla\cdot)+b\nabla\cdot$ in bounded Lipschitz domains, where $b$ is…

We establish several results related to existence, nonexistence or bifurcation of positive solutions for a Dirichlet boundary value problem with in a smooth bounded domain. The main feature of this paper consists in the presence of a…

We establish lower semi-continuity and strict convexity of the energy functionals for a large class of vector equilibrium problems in logarithmic potential theory. This in particular implies the existence and uniqueness of a minimizer for…

In this paper, we prove that there exists a unique weak solution to the mixed boundary value problem for a general class of semilinear second order elliptic partial differential equations with singular coefficients. Our approach is…

We consider a second order differential operator $A(\msx) = -\:\sum_{i,j=1}^d \partial_i a_{ij}(\msx) \partial_j \:+\: \sum_{j=1}^d \partial_j \big(b_j(\msx) \cdot \big)\:+\: c(\msx)$ on ${\bbR}^d$, on a bounded domain $D$ with Dirichlet…

For a class of fully nonlinear equations having second order operators which may be singular or degenerate when the gradient of the solutions vanishes, and having first order terms with power growth, we prove the existence and uniqueness of…

In this paper we study nonlinear second-order differential inclusions involving the ordinary vector $p$-Laplacian, a multivalued maximal monotone operator and nonlinear multivalued boundary conditions. Our framework is general and unifying…

We establish a connection between the absolute continuity of elliptic measure associated to a second order divergence form operator with bounded measurable coefficients with the solvability of an endpoint $BMO$ Dirichlet problem. We show…

For a given domain $\Omega \subset \Bbb{R}^n$, we consider the variational problem of minimizing the $L^1$-norm of the gradient on $\Omega$ of a function $u$ with prescribed continuous boundary values and satisfying a continuous lower…

In this note, we establish Yudovich's existence and uniqueness result for bounded (as well as mildly unbounded) vorticity weak solution of the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations. As a biproduct of our proof, we establish some…

Let F be nonnegative, convex and smooth off a compact set K. We prove that continuous local minimisers of convex functionals are "very weak" viscosity solutions in the sense of Juutinen-Lindqvist of the highly singular Euler-Lagrange PDE…

We solve the existence problem for the minimal positive solutions $u\in L^{p}(\Omega, dx)$ to the Dirichlet problems for sublinear elliptic equations of the form \[ \begin{cases} Lu=\sigma u^q+\mu\qquad \quad \text{in} \quad \Omega, \\…

The present work constitutes a first step towards establishing a systematic framework for treating variational problems that depend on a given input function through a mixture of its derivatives of different orders in different directions.…

We prove that the double layer potential operator and the gradient of the single layer potential operator are L_2 bounded for general second order divergence form systems. As compared to earlier results, our proof shows that the bounds for…

In this paper, with a fixed $p\in (1,+\infty)$ and a bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ whose boundary $\partial\Omega$ fulfills the $C^1$ regularity, we study a boundary value problem involving a nonlocal operator assigning to…

We prove existence of radially symmetric solutions and validity of Euler-Lagrange necessary conditions for a class of variational problems such that neither direct methods nor indirect methods of Calculus of Variations apply. We obtain…

In [1] we consider an optimal control problem subject to a semilinear elliptic PDE together with its variational discretization, where we provide a condition which allows to decide whether a solution of the necessary first order conditions…

In this paper we prove existence and uniqueness of viscosity solutions of elliptic systems associated to fully nonlinear operators for minimization problems that involve interconnected obstacles. This system appears, among other, in the…

We consider a Sturm--Liouville boundary value problem in a boun\-ded domain $\cD$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$. By this is meant that the differential equation is given by a second order elliptic operator of divergent form in $\cD$ and the boundary…

In this paper we study the local behavior of a solution to second order elliptic operators with sharp singular coefficients in lower order terms. One of the main results is the bound on the vanishing order of the solution, which is a…