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We derive level set version of partial uniform ellipticity for symmetric concave functions. This suggests an effective approach to investigate second order fully nonlinear equations of elliptic and parabolic type.
We consider a class of nonlinear elliptic problems associated with models in biophysics, which are described by the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE). We prove mathematical correctness of the problem, study a suitable class of…
We prove the existence of one positive, one negative, and one sign-changing solution of a $p$-Laplacian equation on $\mathbb{R}^N$, with a $p$-superlinear subcritical term. Sign-changing solutions of quasilinear elliptic equations set on…
This is a simplification of our prior work on the existence theory for the Rosseland-type equations. Inspired by the Rosseland equation in the conduction-radiation coupled heat transfer, we use the locally arbitrary growth conditions…
We study fourth-order quasilinear elliptic problems that involve the p-biharmonic operator and Navier boundary conditions. The nonlinear term grows at the critical Sobolev rate. Starting from a Hamiltonian system of two second-order…
In this manuscript we present an approach to analyze the discontinuous Galerkin solution for general quasilinear elliptic problems. This approach is sufficiently general to extend most of the well-known discretization schemes, including…
A Petrov-Galerkin finite element method is constructed for a singularly perturbed elliptic problem in two space dimensions. The solution contains a regular boundary layer and two characteristic boundary layers. Exponential splines are used…
We establish the existence of strong solutions to a class of nonlinear strongly coupled and uniform elliptic systems consisting of more than two equations. The existence of of nontrivial and non constant solutions (or pattern formations)…
We establish the well-posedness of linear elliptic equations with critical-order drifts in $L^d$ and positive zero-order coefficients in $L^1$ or $L^{\frac{2d}{d+2}}$, where classical methods are often too restrictive. Our approach relies…
In this paper, the continuity of solutions for elliptic equations in divergence form with distributional coefficients is considered. Inspired by the discussion on necessary and sufficient conditions for the form boundedness of elliptic…
The classical Dirichlet problem for a second-order strongly elliptic system with constant coefficients in a Jordan domain is considered. We show that the solution of the problem can be represented as a functional series in powers of the…
We study the semilinear indefinite elliptic problem \[ -\Delta u = Q_\Omega |u|^{p-2}u \quad \text{in } \mathbb{R}^N, \] where $Q_\Omega = \chi_\Omega - \chi_{\mathbb{R}^N \setminus \Omega}$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a bounded…
In this paper we consider nonlinear elliptic PDEs of the type $$-\Delta_p u+a(x)|u|^{p-2}u=|u|^{p^*-2}u \qquad \mbox{ in }\Omega,$$ where $1<p<N$ and $p^*=Np/(N-p)$ is the critical Sobolev exponent, and allowing the asymptotic behavior of…
The main purpose of this paper is to capture the asymptotic behavior for solutions to a class of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic equations with the anisotropic weights consisting of two power-type weights of different dimensions near the…
We consider an elliptic variational inequality with unilateral constraints in a Hilbert space $X$ which, under appropriate assumptions on the data, has a unique solution $u$. We formulate a convergence criterion to the solution $u$, i.e.,…
The paper deals with second order parabolic equations on bounded domains with Dirichlet conditions in arbitrary Euclidean spaces. Their interest comes from being models for describing reaction-diffusion processes in several frameworks. A…
Structure and properties of families of critical points for classes of functions $W(z,\bar{z})$ obeying the elliptic Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation $E(1/2,1/2)$ are studied. General variational and differential equations governing the…
We consider the Lane-Emden problem on planar domains. When the exponent is large, the existence and multiplicity of solutions strongly depend on the geometric properties of the domain, which also deeply affect their qualitative behavior.…
This paper studies the concentration phenomena to nonlinear Schrodinger equations with magnetic potentials and constant electric potentials. We find that the magnetic field plays an important role in the location of concentrations if the…
We provide some versions of the Zaremba-Hopf-Oleinik boundary point lemma for general elliptic and parabolic equations in divergence form under the sharp requirements on the coefficients of equations and on the boundaries of domains.