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Fix an integer $n\geq 2$, an exponent $1<p<\infty$, and a domain $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{R}^{n}$. Let $\Omega^{*}\triangleq\Omega\setminus\{\hat{x}\}$ where $\hat{x}\in\Omega$. Under some further conditions, we construct optimal…

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In this paper we study optimal lower and upper bounds for functionals involving the first Dirichlet eigenvalue $\lambda_{F}(p,\Omega)$ of the anisotropic $p$-Laplacian, $1<p<+\infty$. Our aim is to enhance how, by means of the $\mathcal…

We obtain sharp estimate on $p$-spectral gaps, or equivalently optimal constant in $p$-Poincar\'e inequalities, for metric measure spaces satisfying measure contraction property. We also prove the rigidity for the sharp $p$-spectral gap.

We study the sharp constant for the embedding of $W^{1,p}_0(\Omega)$ into $L^q(\Omega)$, in the case $2<p<q$. We prove that for smooth connected sets, when $q>p$ and $q$ is sufficiently close to $p$, extremal functions attaining the sharp…

Euler's elastica is defined by a critical point of the total squared curvature under the fixed length constraint, and its $L^p$-counterpart is called $p$-elastica. In this paper we completely classify all $p$-elasticae in the plane and…

We investigate strong maximum (and minimum) principles for fully nonlinear second order equations on Riemannian manifolds that are non-totally degenerate and satisfy appropriate scaling conditions. Our results apply to a large class of…

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