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We consider the area functional for t-graphs in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group and study minimizers of the associated Dirichlet problem. We prove that, under a bounded slope condition on the boundary datum, there exists a unique…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-10-29 Andrea Pinamonti , Francesco Serra Cassano , Giulia Treu , Davide Vittone

This paper is dedicated to the spectral optimization problem $$ \mathrm{min}\left\{\lambda_1^s(\Omega)+\cdots+\lambda_m^s(\Omega) + \Lambda \mathcal{L}_n(\Omega)\colon \Omega\subset D \mbox{ s-quasi-open}\right\} $$ where $\Lambda>0,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-11 Giorgio Tortone

We consider the functional $\int_\Omega g(\nabla u+\textbf X^\ast)d\mathscr L^{2n}$ where $g$ is convex and $\textbf X^\ast(x,y)=2(-y,x)$ and we study the minimizers in $BV(\Omega)$ of the associated Dirichlet problem. We prove that, under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-05 Sebastiano Don , Luca Lussardi , Andrea Pinamonti , Giulia Treu

We prove the local Lipschitz regularity of the minimizers of functionals of the form \[ \mathcal I(u)=\int_\Omega f(\nabla u(x))+g(x)u(x)\,dx\qquad u\in\phi+W^{1,1}_0(\Omega) \] where $g$ is bounded and $\phi$ satisfies the Lower Bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Flavia Giannetti , Giulia Treu

We study the regularity of minimizers to the functional \[ J(w)=\int_{\Omega} a^{ij}w_iw_j + Q\chi_{\{w>0\}}, \] over a bounded domain $\Omega$ and among the class of nonnegative functions in $W^{1,2}(\Omega)$ with prescribed boundary data.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-19 Mark Allen

In this work, we show the generic uniqueness of minimizers for a large class of energies, including the Alt-Caffarelli and Alt-Phillips functionals. We then prove the generic regularity of free boundaries for minimizers of the one-phase…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Xavier Fernández-Real , Hui Yu

Let $\Sigma$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold, $\Gamma \subset \Sigma$ a smooth closed oriented submanifold of codimension higher than $2$ and $T$ an integral area-minimizing current in $\Sigma$ which bounds $\Gamma$. We prove that the set…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Camillo De Lellis , Guido De Philippis , Jonas Hirsch , Annalisa Massaccesi

In this paper we present a new proof of the sufficiency theorem for strong local minimizers concerning $C^1$-extremals at which the second variation is strictly positive. The results are presented in the quasiconvex setting, in accordance…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-03-14 Judith Campos Cordero

We establish the Lipschitz regularity of the a priori bounded local minimizers of integral functionals with non autonomous energy densities satisfying non standard growth conditions under a sharp bound on the gap between the growth and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Michela Eleuteri , Antonia Passarelli di Napoli

We consider minimizers of \[ F(\lambda_1(\Omega),\ldots,\lambda_N(\Omega)) + |\Omega|, \] where $F$ is a function strictly increasing in each parameter, and $\lambda_k(\Omega)$ is the $k$-th Dirichlet eigenvalue of $\Omega$. Our main result…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-19 Dennis Kriventsov , Fanghua Lin

We study a rather broad class of optimal partition problems with respect to monotone and coercive functional costs that involve the Dirichlet eigenvalues of the partitions. We show a sharp regularity result for the entire set of minimizers…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Hugo Tavares , Alessandro Zilio

We provide a rather complete description of the sharp regularity theory for a family of heterogeneous, two-phase variational free boundary problems, $\mathcal{J}_\gamma \to $ min, ruled by nonlinear, $p$-degenerate elliptic operators.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-06-20 Raimundo Leitão , Olivaine S. de Queiroz , Eduardo V. Teixeira

The gradient of any local minimiser of functionals of the type $$ w \mapsto \int_\Omega f(x,w,Dw)\,dx+\int_\Omega w\mu\,dx, $$ where $f$ has $p$-growth, $p>1$, and $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^n$, is continuous provided the optimal Lorentz…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-30 Paolo Baroni , Tuomo Kuusi , Giuseppe Mingione

In this paper we study the regularity of the optimal sets for the shape optimization problem \[ \min\Big\{\lambda_1(\Omega)+\dots+\lambda_k(\Omega)\ :\ \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d,\ \text{open}\ ,\ |\Omega|=1\Big\}, \] where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-01-23 Dario Mazzoleni , Susanna Terracini , Bozhidar Velichkov

The study of singular perturbations of the Dirichlet energy is at the core of the phenomenological-description paradigm in soft condensed matter. Being able to pass to the limit plays a crucial role in the understanding of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Andres Contreras , Xavier Lamy , Rémy Rodiac

We establish local $C^{1,\alpha}$-regularity for some $\alpha\in(0,1)$ and $C^{\alpha}$-regularity for any $\alpha\in(0,1)$ of local minimizers of the functional \[ v\ \mapsto\ \int_\Omega \phi(x,|Dv|)\,dx, \] where $\phi$ satisfies a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Peter Hästö , Jihoon Ok

We investigate minimizers defined on a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ for singular constrained energy functionals that include Ball and Majumdar's modification of the Landau-de Gennes Q-tensor model for nematic liquid crystals.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Patricia Bauman , Daniel Phillips

We study the regularity of minimizers to the composite membrane problem in the plane (ie given a domain omega and a positive number A, smaller than the measure of omega, minimize the first Dirichlet eigenvalue for the Schrodinger operator…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-04-08 Sagun Chanillo , Carlos E. Kenig , Tung TO

We consider a one-phase nonlocal free boundary problem obtained by the superposition of a fractional Dirichlet energy plus a nonlocal perimeter functional. We prove that the minimizers are H\"older continuous and the free boundary has…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-28 Serena Dipierro , Enrico Valdinoci

For the Alt-Caffarelli problem, we study free boundary regularity of energy minimizers. In six dimensions, we show that free boundaries are analytic for generic boundary data. In general, we improve previous generic Hausdorff dimensions of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Xavier Fernández-Real , Hui Yu