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We prove existence of solutions to the following problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta_1 u +g(u)|Du|=h(u)f & \text{in $\Omega$,} \\ u=0 & \text{on $\partial\Omega$,} \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$,…

We study variational problems involving nonlocal supremal functionals $L^\infty(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^m) \ni u\mapsto {\rm ess sup}_{(x,y)\in \Omega\times \Omega} W(u(x), u(y)),$ where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ is a bounded, open set and…

Given a bounded open connected Lipschitz set $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^2$, we show that the relaxed Cartesian area functional $\overline{\mathcal A}(u,\Omega)$ of a map $u\in W^{1,1}(\Omega;\mathbb S^1)$ is finite, and provide a useful…

In this paper we consider positive supersolutions of the nonlinear elliptic equation \[- \Delta u = \rho(x) f(u)|\nabla u|^p, \qquad \hfill \mbox{ in } \Omega,\] where $0\le p<1$, $ \Omega$ is an arbitrary domain (bounded or unbounded) in $…

For $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n}$ an open and bounded region we consider solutions $u\in W_{\text{loc}}^{1,p(x)}\big(\Omega;\mathbb{R}^{N}\big)$, with $N>1$, of the $p(x)$-Laplacian system \begin{equation}…

In this paper, we consider the elliptic system \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{array}{ll} -\Delta u=g(x,v)\,\, \textnormal{in}\Omega, & \hbox{} -\Delta v=f(x,u)\,\,\textnormal{in}\Omega, & \hbox{} u=v=0\textnormal{on}\partial\Omega, &…

For all functions on an arbitrary open set $\Omega\subset\R^3$ with zero boundary values, we prove the optimal bound \[ \sup_{\Omega}|u| \leq (2\pi)^{-1/2} \left(\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2 \,dx\, \int_{\Omega}|\Delta u|^2 \,dx\right)^{1/4}.…

Suppose that ${\cal L}$ is a divergence form differential operator of the form ${\cal L}f:=(1/2) e^{U}\nabla_x\cdot\big[e^{-U}(I+H)\nabla_x f\big]$, where $U$ is scalar valued, $I$ identity matrix and $H$ an anti-symmetric matrix valued…

We obtain regularity conditions of a new type of problems of the calculus of variations with second-order derivatives. As a corollary, we get non-occurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon. Our main result asserts that autonomous integral…

We show weak* in measures on $\bar\O$/ weak-$L^1$ sequential continuity of $u\mapsto f(x,\nabla u):W^{1,p}(\O;\R^m)\to L^1(\O)$, where $f(x,\cdot)$ is a null Lagrangian for $x\in\O$, it is a null Lagrangian at the boundary for…

We present new results concerning the approximation of the total variation, $\int_{\Omega} |\nabla u|$, of a function $u$ by non-local, non-convex functionals of the form $$ \Lambda_\delta u = \int_{\Omega} \int_{\Omega} \frac{\delta…

In this paper, we study the existence and the summability of solutions to a Robin boundary value problem whose prototype is the following: $$ \begin{cases} -\text{div}(b(|u|)\nabla u)=f &\text{in }\Omega,\\[.2cm] \displaystyle\frac{\partial…

In this paper we discuss the existence and non-existence of weak solutions to parametric fractional equations involving the square root of the Laplacian $A_{1/2}$ in a smooth bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n$ ($n\geq 2$) and with…

In this paper we prove the existence and regularity of weak solutions for the following system \begin{align*} \begin{cases} -\mbox{div}(M(x)\nabla u) + g(x,u,v) = f \ \ \mbox{in} \ \ \Omega\\ -\mbox{div}(M(x)\nabla v) = h(x,u,v) \ \…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded, smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N},$ $N\geq2.$ For $p>N$ and $1\leq q(p)<\infty$ set \[ \lambda_{p,q(p)}:=\inf\left\{ \int_{\Omega}\left\vert \nabla u\right\vert ^{p}\mathrm{d}x:u\in W_{0}^{1,p}(\Omega)\text{ \ and…

We study regularity of the Finsler $\gamma$-Laplacian, a general class of degenerate elliptic PDEs which naturally appear in anisotropic geometric problems. Precisely, given any strictly convex family of $C^{1}$-norms $\{ \rho_{x}\}$ on…

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We study the elliptic equation $\lambda u-L^{\Omega}u=f$ in an open convex subset $\Omega$ of an infinite dimensional separable Banach space $X$ endowed with a centered non-degenerate Gaussian measure $\gamma$, where $L^\Omega$ is the…

We consider the Wulff-type energy functional $$ \mathcal{W}_\Omega(u) := \int_\Omega B(H(\nabla u (x))) - F(u(x)) \, dx, $$ where $B$ is positive, monotone and convex, and $H$ is positive homogeneous of degree 1. The critical points of this…

Consider the Dirichlet problem with respect to an elliptic operator \[ A = - \sum_{k,l=1}^d \partial_k \, a_{kl} \, \partial_l - \sum_{k=1}^d \partial_k \, b_k + \sum_{k=1}^d c_k \, \partial_k + c_0 \] on a bounded Wiener regular open set…