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Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ ($N \geq 3$) be a bounded smooth domain and $\delta(x)=\text{dist}(x,\partial \Omega)$. In this paper, we provide various necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of weak solutions to $$…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain in $\mahbb R^N$ with $N\ge 3$ and let $\Sigma_k$ be a closed smooth submanifold of $\delta \Omega$ of dimension $1\le k\le N-2$. In this paper we study the weighted Hardy inequality with weight…

This paper deals with the eigenvalue problem for the operator $L=-\Delta -x\cdot \nabla $ with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We are interested in proving the existence of a set minimizing any eigenvalue $\lambda_k$ of $L$ under a suitable…

Let $1<q<p$ and $a\in C(\overline{\Omega})$ be sign-changing, where $\Omega$ is a bounded and smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N}$. We show that the functional \[ I_{q}(u):=\int_{\Omega}\left( \frac{1}{p}|\nabla…

Let $\Omega\subset\dR^d$ be a bounded or an unbounded Lipschitz domain. In this note we address the problem of continuation of functions from the Sobolev space $H^1(\Omega)$ up to functions in the Sobolev space $H^1(\dR^d)$ via a linear…

We prove uniqueness for minimizers of the weighted least gradient problem \[\inf \left\lbrace \int_{\Omega} a|Du|: \ \ u\in BV(\Omega), \ \ u|_{\partial \Omega}=f \right\rbrace.\] The weight function $a$ is assumed to be continuous and it…

In this paper, we study Hardy's inequality in a limiting case: $$ \int_{\Omega} |\nabla u |^N dx \ge C_N(\Omega) \int_{\Omega} \frac{|u(x)|^N}{|x|^N \left(\log \frac{R}{|x|} \right)^N} dx $$ for functions $u \in W^{1,N}_0(\Omega)$, where…

We consider one dimensional Schr\"{o}dinger operators $H_\lambda=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+U+ \lambda V_\lambda$ with nonlinear dependence on the parameter $\lambda$ and study the small $\lambda$ behaviour of eigenvalues. The potentials $U$ and…

Let $\Omega$ be an open connected cone in $\mathbb{R}^n$ with vertex at the origin. Assume that the operator $$P_\mu:=-\Delta-\frac{\mu}{\delta_\Omega^2(x)}$$ is {\em subcritical} in $\Omega$, where $\delta_\Omega$ is the distance function…

Let $a>0,b>0$ and $V(x)\geq0$ be a coercive function in $\mathbb R^2$. We study the following constrained minimization problem on a suitable weighted Sobolev space $\mathcal{H}$: \begin{equation*}…

Let $\Omega$ be a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N+1}$ of boundary $\partial \Omega= \Gamma_1 \cup \Gamma_2$ and such that $\partial \Omega \cap \Gamma_2$ is a neighborhood of $0$, $h \in \mathcal{C}^0(\partial \Omega \cap \Gamma_2)…

We consider the problem: $$\inf_{{u}\in {H}^{1}_{g}(\Omega),\|u\|_{q}=1} \int_{\Omega}{p(x)}|\nabla{u(x)}|^{2}dx-\lambda\int_{\Omega}| u(x)|^{2}dx$$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in $\R^{n}$, ${n}\geq{4}$, $ p :…

Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be an open set, where $n \geq 2$. Suppose $\omega $ is a locally finite Borel measure on $\Omega$. For $\alpha \in (0,2)$, define the fractional Laplacian $(-\triangle )^{\alpha/2}$ via the Fourier…

We study the existence of solutions of the Dirichlet problem for the Schroedinger operator with measure data $$ \left\{ \begin{alignedat}{2} -\Delta u + Vu & = \mu && \quad \text{in } \Omega,\\ u & = 0 && \quad \text{on } \partial \Omega.…

We study a minimizing problem associated with the singular problem \[ \left\{ \begin{array} [c]{ll} -\operatorname{div}\left( \left\vert \nabla u\right\vert ^{p-2}\nabla u\right) =\lambda u^{-1} & \mathrm{in\ }\Omega\\ u>0 & \mathrm{in\…

The focus of our paper is to investigate the possibility of a minimizer for the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizs\"{a}cker model on the lattice graph $\mathbb{Z}^{3}$. The model is described by the following functional: \begin{equation*}…

We investigate minimizers defined on a bounded domain $\Omega$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ for singular constrained energy functionals that include Ball and Majumdar's modification of the Landau-de Gennes Q-tensor model for nematic liquid crystals.…

This paper investigates the existence and qualitative properties of minimizers for a class of nonlocal micromagnetic energy functionals defined on bounded domains. The considered energy functional consists of a symmetric exchange…

We consider a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\ge3$, $h$ and $b$ continuous functions on $\Omega$. Let $\Gamma$ be a closed curve contained in $\Omega$. We study existence of positive solutions $u \in H^1_0\left(\Omega\right)$…

In this article, we consider the (double) minimization problem $$\min\left\{P(E;\Omega)+\lambda W_p(E,F):~E\subseteq\Omega,~F\subseteq \mathbb{R}^d,~\lvert E\cap F\rvert=0,~ \lvert E\rvert=\lvert F\rvert=1\right\},$$ where $p\geqslant 1$,…