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We consider the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $-\Delta u + V(x) u = \Gamma(x) |u|^{p-1}u$ in $\R^n$ where the spectrum of $-\Delta+V(x)$ is positive. In the case $n\geq 3$ we use variational methods to prove that for all $p\in…
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We present a preliminary study of a new phenomena associated with the Euler-Poisson equations -- the so called critical threshold phenomena, where the answer to questions of global smoothness vs. finite time breakdown depends on whether the…
We consider the following quasi-linear parabolic system of backward partial differential equations: $(\partial_t+L)u+f(\cdot,\cdot,u, \nabla u\sigma)=0$ on $[0,T]\times \mathbb{R}^d\qquad u_T=\phi$, where $L$ is a possibly degenerate second…
In this paper, the spectrum of the following fourth order problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \Delta^2 u+\nu u=-\lambda \Delta u &\text{in } D_1,\newline u=\partial_r u= 0 &\text{on } \partial D_1, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where…
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We show uniqueness for overdetermined elliptic problems defined on topological disks $\Omega$ with $C^2$ boundary, i.e., positive solutions $u$ to $\Delta u + f(u)=0$ in $\Omega \subset (M^2,g)$ so that $u = 0$ and $\frac{\partial…
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Let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^N$ a bounded open set, $N\geq 2$, and let $p>1$; we prove existence of a renormalized solution for parabolic problems whose model is $$ \begin{cases} u_{t}-\Delta_{p} u=\mu & \text{in}\…
We study a stationary scattering problem related to the nonlinear Helmholtz equation $-\Delta u - k^2 u = f(x,u) \ \ \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$,}$ where $N \ge 3$ and $k>0$. For a given incident free wave $\varphi \in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^N)$,…
We study the pointwise regularity of solutions to parabolic equations. As a first result, we prove that if the modulus of mean oscillation of $\Delta u -u_t$ at the origin is Dini (in $L^p$ average), then the origin is a Lebesgue point of…
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