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For a general nonlinear control system, we study the problem of small time local attainability of a target which is the closure of an open set. When the target is smooth and locally the sublevel set of a smooth function, we develop second…

We analyse a stationary problem for the two dimensional model of morphogen transport introduced by Hufnagel et al. The model consists of one linear elliptic PDE posed on $(-1,1)\times(0,h)$ which is coupled via a nonlinear boundary…

We study the quantitative unique continuation property of some higher order elliptic operators. In the case of $P=(-\Delta)^m$, where $m$ is a positive integer, we derive lower bounds of decay at infinity for any nontrivial solutions under…

We study a degenerate elliptic system with variable exponents. Using the variational approach and some recent theory on weighted Lebesgue and Sobolev spaces with variable exponents, we prove the existence of at least two distinct nontrivial…

We study a weakly coupled supercritical elliptic system of the form \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u = |x_2|^\gamma \left(\mu_{1}|u|^{p-2}u+\lambda\alpha |u|^{\alpha-2}|v|^{\beta}u \right) & \text{in }\Omega,\\ -\Delta v =…

In the present paper, we propose the investigation of variable-exponent, degenerate/singular elliptic equations in non-divergence form. This current endeavor parallels the by now well established theory of functionals satisfying nonstandard…

In this work we analyze the existence of solutions to the nonlinear elliptic system: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} -\Delta u & = & v^q+\a g & \text{in }\Omega , \\ -\Delta v& = &|\nabla u|^{p}+\l f &\text{in }\Omega , \\…

This paper is concerned with the Dirichlet initial-boundary value problem of a 2-D parabolic-elliptic system proposed to model the formation of biological transport networks. Even if global weak solutions for this system are known to exist,…

We consider an elliptic differential inequality: $\vert \Delta u(x) \vert \le C_0(\YYYY^{-\gamma}\vert u(x)\vert + \YYYY^{-\theta}\vert \nabla u(x)\vert)$ in an exterior domain $\R^n \setminus \ooo{U}$, where $U$ is a simply connected…

We study the obstacle problem for fully nonlinear elliptic operators with an anisotropic degeneracy on the gradient: \[ \min \left\{f-|Du|^\gamma F(D^2u),u-\phi\right\} = 0 \quad\textrm{ in }\quad \Omega. \] We obtain existence of solutions…

We consider the following elliptic system \Delta u =\nabla H (u) \ \ \text{in}\ \ \mathbf{R}^N, where $u:\mathbf{R}^N\to \mathbf{R}^m$ and $H\in C^2(\mathbf{R}^m)$, and prove, under various conditions on the nonlinearity $H$ that, at least…

We consider the weakly coupled elliptic system of logistic type, \begin{equation}\label{LS} \begin{cases} -\Delta u &=\lambda_1 u- |u|^{p-2}u+ \beta |u|^{\frac{p}{2}-2}u |v|{^{\frac{p}{2}-1}}v\mbox{ in }\Omega, -\Delta v & =\lambda_2 v-…

Given a domain above a Lipschitz graph, we establish solvability results for strongly elliptic second-order systems in divergence-form, allowed to have lower-order (drift) terms, with $L^p$-boundary data for $p$ near $2$ (more precisely, in…

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In this survey we provide an overview of nonlinear elliptic homogeneous boundary value problems featuring singular zero-order terms with respect to the unknown variable whose prototype equation is $$ -\Delta u = {u^{-\gamma}} \ \text{in}\…

In this paper we consider nonlinear parabolic systems with elliptic part which can be also degenerate. We prove optimal error estimates for smooth enough solutions. The main novelty, with respect to previous results, is that we obtain the…

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The trajectories of the $\mathrm{O}(1)$-Kepler problem at level $n\ge 2$ are completely determined. It is found in particular that a non-colliding trajectory is an ellipse, a parabola or a branch of hyperbola according as the total energy…

In two dimensions every weak solution to a nonlinear elliptic system $\rm{div} a(x,u,Du)=0$ has H\"older continuous first derivatives provided that standard continuity, ellipticity and growth assumptions hold with a growth exponent $p \geq…

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