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Let $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{d}$ be open, $A$ a complex uniformly strictly accretive $d\times d$ matrix-valued function on $\Omega$ with $L^{\infty}$ coefficients, $b$ and $c$ two $d$-dimensional vector-valued functions on $\Omega$ with…
Let $\Omega\subseteq \mathbb{R}^{d}$ be open and $A$ a complex uniformly strictly accretive $d\times d$ matrix-valued function on $\Omega$ with $L^{\infty}$ coefficients. Consider the divergence-form operator ${\mathscr L}^{A}=-{\rm…
This article establishes a bilinear embedding for second-order divergence-form operators with complex coefficients, characterized by the simultaneous presence of first-order terms and negative potentials. This work provides a further…
We prove a variant of the so-called bilinear embedding theorem for operators in divergence form with complex coefficients and with nonnegative locally integrable potentials, subject to mixed boundary conditions, and acting on arbitrary open…
We consider divergence form elliptic operators $L=-\dv A(x)\nabla$, defined in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}=\{(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}^{n}\times\mathbb{R}\}, n \geq 2$, where the $L^{\infty}$ coefficient matrix $A$ is $(n+1)\times(n+1)$, uniformly elliptic,…
We study weighted norm inequalities of $(p,r)$-type, $ \Vert \mathbf{G} (f \, d \sigma) \Vert_{L^r(\Omega, d\sigma)} \le C \Vert f \Vert_{L^p(\Omega, \sigma)}, \quad \forall \, f \in L^p(\sigma),$ for $0 < r < p$ and $p>1$, where…
Let $\Omega$ be an unbounded open subset of ${\mathbb R}^n$, $n \ge 2$, and $A : \Omega \times {\mathbb R}^n \to {\mathbb R}^n$ be a function such that $$ C_1 |\zeta|^p \le \zeta A (x, \zeta), \quad |A (x, \zeta)| \le C_2 |\zeta|^{p-1} $$…
Let $L_{A}=-{\rm div}(A\nabla)$ be an elliptic divergence form operator with bounded complex coefficients subject to mixed boundary conditions on an arbitrary open set $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{d}$. We prove that the maximal operator…
We prove that each Borel function $V : \Omega \to [-\infty, +\infty]$ defined on an open subset $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{N}$ induces a decomposition $\Omega = S \cup \bigcup_{i} D_{i}$ such that every function in $W^{1,2}_{0}(\Omega)…
We consider local weak solutions to PDEs of the type \[ -\,\mathrm{div}\left((\vert Du\vert-\lambda)_{+}^{p-1}\frac{Du}{\vert Du\vert}\right)=f\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\text{in}\,\,\Omega, \] where $1<p<\infty$, $\Omega$ is an open subset of…
We consider a smooth, complete and non-compact Riemannian manifold $(\mathcal{M},g)$ of dimension $d \geq 3$, and we look for positive solutions to the semilinear elliptic equation $$ -\Delta_g w + V w = \alpha f(w) + \lambda w…
We study Schr\"odinger operators $H=-\Delta+V$ in $L^2(\Omega)$ where $\Omega$ is $\mathbb R^d$ or the half-space $\mathbb R_+^d$, subject to (real) Robin boundary conditions in the latter case. For $p>d$ we construct a non-real potential…
Let $L$ be a second order elliptic operator $L$ with smooth coefficients defined on a domain $\Omega $ in $\mathbb{R}^d $, $d\geq3$, such that $L1\leq 0$. We study existence and properties of continuous solutions to the following problem…
In this paper, we study equations driven by a non-local integrodifferential operator $\mathcal{L}_K$ with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. More precisely, we study the problem \[ \begin{aligned} &- \mathcal{L}_K u + V(x)u =…
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N \geq 3$) be a $C^2$ bounded domain and $\Sigma \subset \Omega$ be a compact, $C^2$ submanifold without boundary, of dimension $k$ with $0\leq k < N-2$. Put $L_\mu = \Delta + \mu d_\Sigma^{-2}$ in…
We establish the Hopf boundary point lemma for the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta + V$ involving potentials $V$ that merely belong to the space $L^{1}_{loc}(\Omega)$. More precisely, we prove that among all supersolutions $u$ of $-\Delta +…
Let $f :\R\to\R$ be a continuous function. We prove that under some additional assumptions on $f$ and $A:\R\to\R_{+}$, weak $\Cuno$ solutions of the differential inequality $-\diver(A(\abs{\nabla u})\nabla u)\ge f(u)$ on $\RN$ are…
This paper is devoted to the study of the existence of positive solutions for a problem related to a higher order fractional differential equation involving a nonlinear term depending on a fractional differential operator,…
Let $\Omega $ be a smooth bounded domain in $\R^N, N>1$ and let $n\in \N^*$. We are concerned here with the existence of nonnegative solutions $u\_n$ in $BV(\Omega)$, to the problem $$(P\_n) \begin{cases} -{\rm div} \sigma +2n (\int\_…
The existence of positive solutions is considered for the Dirichlet problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{rcll}% -\Delta_{p}u & = & \lambda\omega_{1}(x)\left\vert u\right\vert ^{q-2}% u+\beta\omega_{2}(x)\left\vert u\right\vert…