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In this paper, we study the existence of normalized solutions for the following $(2, q)$-Laplacian equation \begin{equation*}\label{Eq-Equation1} \left\{\begin{array}{l} -\Delta u-\Delta_q u+\lambda u=f(u) \quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N , \\ \int_{\mathbb{R}^N}u^2 d x=c^2, \\ \end{array}\right. \end{equation*} where $10$ is a constant. The nonlinearity $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is continuous, with mass-subcritical growth at the origin, mass-supercritical growth at infinity, and is more general than the sum of two powers. Under different assumptions, we prove the existence of a locally least-energy solution and the existence of a second solution with higher energy., Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2405.05194 by other authors

In this paper, we consider the existence and multiplicity of normalized solutions for the following $(2, q)$-Laplacian equation \begin{equation}\label{Equation} \left\{\begin{aligned} &-\Delta u-\Delta_q u+\lambda u=g(u),\quad x \in \mathbb{R}^N, &\|u\|_2^2 =c^2, \end{aligned}\right. \tag{$\mathscr E_\lambda$} \end{equation} where $10$ is a constant. The nonlinearity $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is continuous and the behaviour of $g$ at the origin is allowed to be strongly sublinear, i.e., $\lim \limits_{s \rightarrow 0} g(s) / s=-\infty$, which includes the logarithmic nonlinearity $$g(s)= s \log s^2.$$ We consider a family of approximating problems that can be set in $H^1\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)\cap D^{1, q}\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)$ and the corresponding least-energy solutions. Then, we prove that such a family of solutions converges to a least-energy solution to the original problem. Additionally, under certain assumptions about $g$ that allow us to work in a suitable subspace of $H^1\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)\cap D^{1, q}\left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)$, we prove the existence of infinitely many solutions of the above $(2, q)$-Laplacian equation., Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2306.06015 by other authors

In this paper, we study the following singular problem, under mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions, and involving the fractional Laplacian \begin{equation*} \label{1} \begin{cases} (-\Delta)^{s}u = \lambda u^{-q} + u^{2^*_s-1}, \quad u>0 \quad \text{in }\Omega, \mathcal A(u) = 0 \quad \text{on}~ \partial\Omega = \sum_{D} \cup \sum_{\mathcal{N}}, \end{cases} \tag{$P_\lambda$} \end{equation*} where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary $\partial{\Omega}$, $1/20$ is a real parameter, $ 0 < q < 1 $, $N>2s$, $2^*_s=2N/(N-2s)$ and $$\mathcal{A}(u)= u \mathcal{X}_{\sum_{D}} + {\partial_{\nu}u}\mathcal{X}_{ \sum_{\mathcal{N}}}, \quad{\partial_{\nu}=\frac{\partial }{\partial{\nu}}}.$$ Here $\sum_{D}$, $\sum_{\mathcal{N}}$ are smooth $(N-1)$ dimensional submanifolds of $\partial \Omega$ such that $\sum_{D} \cup \sum_{\mathcal{N}}= \partial\Omega$, $\sum_{D} \cap \sum_{\mathcal{N}}= \emptyset $ and $\sum_{D} \cap \overline{\sum_{\mathcal{N}}} = \tau'$ is a smooth $(N-2)$ dimensional submanifold of $\partial{\Omega}$. Within a suitable range of $\lambda$, we establish existence of at least two opposite energy solutions for \eqref{1} using the standard Nehari manifold technique.

In this paper we first introduce an innovative equivalent norm in the Musielak-Orlicz Sobolev spaces in a very general setting and we then present a new result on the boundedness of the solutions of a wide class of nonlinear Neumann problems, both of independent interest. Moreover, we study a variable exponent double phase problem with a nonlinear boundary condition and prove the existence of multiple solutions under very general assumptions on the nonlinearities. To be more precise, we get constant sign solutions (nonpositive and nonnegative) via a mountain-pass approach and a sign-changing solution by using an appropriate subset of the corresponding Nehari manifold along with the Brouwer degree and the Quantitative Deformation Lemma.

In the present work we are concerned with the following Kirchhoff-Choquard-type equation $$-M(||\nabla u||_{2}^{2})\Delta u +Q(x)u + \mu(V(|\cdot|)\ast u^2)u = f(u) \mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^2 , $$ for $M: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ given by $M(t)=a+bt$, $ \mu >0 $, $ V $ a sign-changing and possible unbounded potential, $ Q $ a continuous external potential and a nonlinearity $f$ with exponential critical growth. We prove existence and multiplicity of solutions in the nondegenerate case and guarantee the existence of solutions in the degenerate case., Comment: 22 pages

In this paper we study positive solutions to the following nonlocal system of equations: \begin{equation*} \left\{\begin{aligned} &(-\Delta)^s u = \frac{\alpha}{2_s^*}|u|^{\alpha-2}u|v|^{\beta}+f(x)\;\;\text{in}\;\mathbb{R}^{N}, &(-\Delta)^s v = \frac{\beta}{2_s^*}|v|^{\beta-2}v|u|^{\alpha}+g(x)\;\;\text{in}\;\mathbb{R}^{N}, & \qquad u, \, v >0\, \mbox{ in }\,\mathbb{R}^{N}, \end{aligned} \right. \end{equation*} where $N>2s$, $\alpha,\,\beta>1$, $\alpha+\beta=2N/(N-2s)$, and $f,\, g$ are nonnegative functionals in the dual space of $\dot{H}^s(\mathbb{R}^{N})$. When $f=0=g$, we show that the ground state solution of the above system is {\it unique}. On the other hand, when $f$ and $g$ are nontrivial nonnegative functionals with ker$(f)$=ker$(g)$, then we establish the existence of at least two different positive solutions of the above system provided that $\|f\|_{(\dot{H}^s)'}$ and $\|g\|_{(\dot{H}^s)'}$ are small enough. Moreover, we also provide a global compactness result, which gives a complete description of the Palais-Smale sequences of the above system., Comment: 27 pages

The paper deals with existence and multiplicity of positive solutions to nonlocal equations with critical Hrardy-Sobolev nonlinearities and external terms. We establish the profile decomposition of the Palais-Smale sequences associated with the functional and existence of at least two positive solutions to the equation., Comment: 32 pages

This survey describes some recent rigidity results obtained by the authors for the prescribed mean curvature problem on graphs $u : M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Emphasis is put on minimal, CMC and capillary graphs, as well as on graphical solitons for the mean curvature flow, in warped product ambient spaces. A detailed analysis of the mean curvature operator is given, focusing on maximum principles at infinity, Liouville properties, gradient estimates. Among the geometric applications, we mention the Bernstein theorem for positive entire minimal graphs on manifolds with non-negative Ricci curvature, and a splitting theorem for capillary graphs over an unbounded domain $\Omega \subset M$, namely, for CMC graphs satisfying an overdetermined boundary condition., Comment: 48 pages. Final version

The paper deals with a nontrivial density result for $C^m(\overline{\Omega})$ functions, with $m\in{\mathbb N}\cup\{\infty\}$, in the space $$W^{k,\ell,p}(\Omega;\Gamma)= \left\{u\in W^{k,p}(\Omega): u_{|\Gamma}\in W^{\ell,p}(\Gamma)\right\},$$ endowed with the norm of $(u,u_{|\Gamma})$ in $W^{k,p}(\Omega)\times W^{\ell,p}(\Gamma)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of ${\mathbb R}^N$, $N\ge 2$, with boundary $\Gamma$ of class $C^m$, $k\le \ell\le m$ and $1\le p<\infty$. Such a result is of interest when dealing with doubly elliptic problems involving two elliptic operators, one in $\Omega$ and the other on $\Gamma$. Moreover we shall also consider the case when a Dirichlet homogeneous boundary condition is imposed on a relatively open part of $\Gamma$ and, as a preliminary step, we shall prove an analogous result when either $\Omega={\mathbb R}^N$ or $\Omega={\mathbb R}^N_+$ and $\Gamma=\partial{\mathbb R}^N_+$. \keywords{Density results\and Sobolev spaces \and Smooth functions \and the Laplace--Beltrami operator., Comment: This is a pre-print of an article published in Boll. Unione Mat Ital. (2020). The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40574-020-00225-w

This paper deals with existence of a nontrivial positive solution to systems of equations involving nontrivial nonhomogeneous terms and critical or subcritical nonlinearities. Via a minimization argument we prove existence of a positive solution whose energy is negative provided that the nonhomogeneous terms are small enough in the dual norm., Comment: 11 pages

This paper deals with existence and multiplicity of positive solutions to the following class of nonlocal equations with critical nonlinearity: \begin{equation} \tag{$\mathcal E$} (-\Delta)^s u = a(x) |u|^{2^*_s-2}u+f(x)\;\;\text{in}\;\mathbb{R}^{N}, \quad u \in \dot{H}^s(\mathbb{R}^{N}), \end{equation} where $s \in (0,1)$, $N>2s$, $2_s^*:=\frac{2N}{N-2s}$, $0< a\in L^\infty(\mathbb{R}^{N})$ and $f$ is a nonnegative nontrivial functional in the dual space of $\dot{H}^s$. We prove existence of a positive solution whose energy is negative. Further, under the additional assumption that $a$ is a continuous function, $a(x)\geq 1$ in $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $a(x)\to 1$ as $|x|\to\infty$ and $\|f\|_{\dot{H}^s(\mathbb{R}^{N})'}$ is small enough (but $f\not\equiv 0$), we establish existence of at least two positive solutions to ($\mathcal E$)., Comment: 21 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.07919

We consider the elliptic equation $-\Delta u = u^q|\nabla u|^p$ in $\mathbb R^n$ for any $p\ge 2$ and $q>0$. We prove a Liouville-type theorem, which asserts that any positive bounded solution is constant. The proof technique is based on monotonicity properties for the spherical averages of sub- and super-harmonic functions, combined with a gradient bound obtained by a local Bernstein argument. This solves, in the case of bounded solutions, a problem left open in~\cite{BVGHV}, where the authors consider the case $0

We consider the elliptic and parabolic superquadratic diffusive Hamilton-Jacobi equations with homogeneous Dirichlet conditions. For the elliptic problem in a half-space, we prove a Liouville-type classification, or symmetry result, which asserts that any solution has to be one-dimensional. This turns out to be an efficient tool to study the behavior of boundary gradient blow-up (GBU) for the parabolic problem in general bounded domains. Namely, we show that in a neighborhood of the boundary, at leading order, solutions display a global ODE type behavior, with domination of the normal derivatives upon the tangential derivatives. This leads to the existence of a universal, sharp blow-up profile in the normal direction at any GBU point, and moreover implies that the behavior in the tangential direction is more singular. On the other hand, it is known that any GBU solution admits a weak continuation, under the form of a global viscosity solution. As another consequence, we show that these viscosity solutions {\it generically} lose boundary conditions after GBU. This result, as well as the above GBU profile, were up to now essentially known only in one space-dimension., Comment: 27 pages

This paper is about the influence of Geometry on the qualitative behaviour of solutions of quasilinear PDEs on Riemannian manifolds. Motivated by examples arising, among others, from the theory of submanifolds, in particular by the study of entire graphs with prescribed mean curvature, we consider classes of coercive differential inequalities of the form $$ \mathrm{div}\left( \frac{\varphi(|\nabla u|)}{|\nabla u|} \nabla u\right) \ge b(x)f(u) l(|\nabla u|) \qquad \text{(respectively, $\le$ or $=$)} $$ on domains of a manifold $M$, for suitable $\varphi,b,f,l$, with emphasis on mean curvature type operators. We investigate the validity of strong maximum principles, compact support principles and Liouville type theorems; in particular, the goal is to identify sharp thresholds, involving curvatures or volume growth of geodesic balls in $M$, to guarantee the above properties under appropriate Keller-Osserman type conditions, and to discuss the geometric reasons behind the existence of such thresholds. The paper also aims to give a unified view of recent results in the literature. The bridge with Geometry is realized by studying the validity of weak and strong maximum principles at infinity, in the spirit of Omori-Yau's Hessian and Laplacian principles and subsequent improvements., Comment: 173 pages

The paper deals with existence and multiplicity of solutions of the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger--Kirchhoff equation involving an external magnetic potential. As a consequence, the results can be applied to the special case \begin{equation*} (a+b[u]_{s,A}^{2\theta-2})(-\Delta)_A^su+V(x)u=f(x,|u|)u\,\, \quad \text{in $\mathbb{R}^N$}, \end{equation*} where $s\in (0,1)$, $N>2s$, $a\in \mathbb{R}^+_0$, $b\in \mathbb{R}^+_0$, $\theta\in[1,N/(N-2s))$, $A:\mathbb{R}^N\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^N$ is a magnetic potential, $V:\mathbb{R}^N\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ is an electric potential, $(-\Delta )_A^s$ is the fractional magnetic operator. In the super- and sub-linear cases, the existence of least energy solutions for the above problem is obtained by the mountain pass theorem, combined with the Nehari method, and by the direct methods respectively. In the superlinear-sublinear case, the existence of infinitely many solutions is investigated by the symmetric mountain pass theorem., Comment: 18 pages. Schrodinger-Kirchhoff equation, Fractional magnetic operators, Variational methods

This paper deals with the existence and the asymptotic behavior of non-negative solutions for a class of stationary Kirchhoff problems driven by a fractional integro-differential operator $\mathcal L_K$ and involving a critical nonlinearity. The main feature, as well as the main difficulty, of the analysis is the fact that the Kirchhoff function $M$ can be zero at zero, that is the problem is degenerate. The adopted techniques are variational and the main theorems extend in several directions previous results recently appeared in the literature.

We consider a nonlinear eigenvalue problem under Robin boundary conditions in a domain with (possibly noncompact) smooth boundary. The problem involves a weighted p-Laplacian operator and subcritical nonlinearities satisfying Ambrosetti-Rabinowitz type conditions. Using Morse theory and a cohomological local splitting as in Degiovanni et al. [5], we prove the existence of a nontrivial weak solution for all (real) values of the eigenvalue parameter. Our result is new even in the semilinear case p = 2 and complements some recent results obtained in Autuori et al. [1].

Using the Mountain--Pass Theorem of Ambrosetti and Rabinowitz we prove that $-\Delta_p u-\mu|x|^{-p}{u^{p-1}}=|x|^{-s}{u^{\crits-1}}+u^{\crit-1}$ admits a positive weak solution in $\rn$ of class $\dunp\cap C^1(\rn\setminus\{0\})$, whenever $\mu<\mu_1$, and $\mu_1=[(n-p)/p]^p$. The technique is based on the existence of extremals of some Hardy--Sobolev type embeddings of independent interest. We also show that if $u\in\dunp$ is a weak solution in $\rn$ of $-\Delta_p u-\mu|x|^{-p}{|u|^{p-2}u}=|x|^{-s}{|u|^{\crits-2}u}+|u|^{q-2}u$, then $u\equiv0$ when either $1\crit$ and $u$ is also of class $L^\infty_\text{\scriptsize{loc}}(\rn\setminus\{0\})$., Comment: 26 pages

Existence and non-existence results are established for quasilinear elliptic problems with nonlinear boundary conditions and lack of compactness. The proofs combine variational methods with the geometrical feature, due to the competition between the different growths of the non-linearities., Comment: Communications in Partial Differential Equations, in press