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We consider the following singularly perturbed Neumann problem \begin{eqnarray*} \ve^2 \Delta u -u +u^p = 0 \, \quad u>0 \quad {\mbox {in}} \quad \Omega, \quad {\partial u \over \partial \nu}=0 \quad {\mbox {on}} \quad \partial \Omega,…
We study homogenization it its most basic form $$-\left(a\left(\frac{x}{\varepsilon}\right) u_{\varepsilon}'(x)\right)' = f(x) \quad \mbox{for} ~x \in (0,1),$$ where $a(\cdot)$ is a positive $1-$periodic continuous function, $f$ is smooth…
Consider the linear parabolic operator in divergence form $$\mathcal{H} u =\partial_t u(X,t)-\text{div}(A(X)\nabla u(X,t)).$$ We employ a method of Dahlberg to show that the Dirichlet problem for $\mathcal{H}$ in the upper half plane is…
Motivated by the gravity/fluid correspondence, we introduce a new method for characterizing nonlinear gravitational interactions. Namely we map the nonlinear perturbative form of the Einstein equation to the equations of motion of a…
This work analyses the homogenization of a linear elliptic equation with Neumann boundary conditions in a comb/brush domain, composed of a fixed base and a family of thin teeth. The teeth are defined as rescalings of order less than or…
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We use a hybrid method of lattice Boltzmann and finite differences to simulate flat and curved interfaces between the nematic and isotropic phases of a liquid crystal described by the Landau-de Gennes theory. For the flat interface, we…
We analyze a model problem based on highly disparate elastic constants that we propose in order to understand corners and cusps that form on the boundary between the nematic and isotropic phases in a liquid crystal. For a bounded planar…
We study the equilibrium and near-equilibrium properties of a holographic five-dimensional model consisting of Einstein gravity coupled to a scalar field with a non-trivial potential. The dual four-dimensional gauge theory is not conformal…
We consider an ensemble of mass collisionless particles, which interact mutually either by an attraction of Newton's law of gravitation or by an electrostatic repulsion of Coulomb's law, under a background downward gravity in a…
In this paper, we study a general class of inhomogeneous kinetic models that unifies fundamental models in both the statistical physics of particles and of waves, namely the kinetic Boltzmann equations and the kinetic wave equations, in…
In this paper, we consider a class of variational problems with integral functionals involving nonlocal gradients. These models have been recently proposed as refinements of classical hyperelasticity, aiming for an effective framework to…
In this article, we investigate the spectrum of the Neumann-Poincar\'e operator associated to a periodic distribution of small inclusions with size $\varepsilon$, and its asymptotic behavior as the parameter $\varepsilon$ vanishes.…
We study the problems of uniqueness for Hardy-H\'enon parabolic equations, which are semilinear heat equations with the singular potential (Hardy type) or the increasing potential (H\'enon type) in the nonlinear term. To deal with the…
The theoretical model proposed by Einstein to describe the phononic specific heat of solids as a function of temperature consists the very first application of the concept of energy quantization to describe the physical properties of a real…
We study the continuity/discontinuity of the effective boundary condition for periodic homogenization of oscillating Dirichlet data for nonlinear divergence form equations and linear systems. For linear systems we show continuity, for…
Motivated by the vanishing contact problem, we study in the present paper the convergence of solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations depending nonlinearly on the unknown function. Let $H(x,p,u)$ be a continuous Hamiltonian which is strictly…
The goal of this paper is to find the homogenized equation of a heterogenous Fisher-KPP model in a periodic medium. The solutions of this model are pulsating travelling fronts whose \emph{speeds} are superior to a parametric minimal speed…
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