Γ):Γ ∈ 𝒜, ℋ1(Γ) = l}, where ℋ1D1,...,Dk }  ⊂ Rd . The cost functional ℰ(Γ) is the Dirichlet energy of Γ defined through the Sobolev functions on Γ vanishing on the points Di. We analyze the existence of a solution in both the families of connected sets and of metric graphs. At the end, several explicit examples are discussed.

Material and shape derivatives for solutions to the Dirichlet Laplacian in a half-space are derived by an application of the speed method. The proposed method is general and can be used for shape sensitivity analysis in unbounded domains for the Neumann Laplacian as well as for the elasticity boundary value problems.

We obtain new sharp isoperimetric inequalities on a Riemannian manifold equipped with a probability measure, whose generalized Ricci curvature is bounded from below (possibly negatively), and generalized dimension and diameter of the convex support are bounded from above (possibly infinitely). Our inequalities are sharp for sets of any given measure and with respect to all parameters (curvature, dimension and diameter). Moreover, for each choice of parameters, we identify the model spaces which...

Using some results proved in De Pascale and Pratelli [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 14 (2002) 249-274] (and De Pascale et al. [Bull. London Math. Soc. 36 (2004) 383-395]) and a suitable interpolation technique, we show that the transport density relative to an $L^p$ source is also an $L^p$ function for any $1\le p\le +\infty$.

Using some results proved in De Pascale and Pratelli [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ.14 (2002) 249-274] (and De Pascale et al. [Bull. London Math. Soc.36 (2004) 383-395]) and a suitable interpolation technique, we show that the transport density relative to an Lp source is also an Lp function for any $1\le p\le +\infty$.

We construct an upper bound for the following family of functionals ${\left\{E_{\epsilon }\right\}}_{\epsilon \>0}$, which arises in the study of micromagnetics:$$E_{\epsilon }\left(u\right)={\int }_{\Omega }{\epsilon \left|\nabla u\right|}^2+\frac{1}{\epsilon }{\int }_{{ℝ}^2}{\left|H_u\right|}^2.$$Here $\Omega$ is a bounded domain in ${ℝ}^2$, $u\in H^1(\Omega ,S^1)$ (corresponding to the magnetization) and $H_u$, the demagnetizing field created by $u$, is given by$$\left\{\begin{array}{cc}\mathrm{div}(\tilde{u}+H_u)=0\hfill & \text{in}{ℝ}^2,\hfill \\ \mathrm{curl}{H}_u=0\hfill & \text{in}{ℝ}^2,\hfill \end{array}\right.$$where $\tilde{u}$ is the extension of $u$ by $0$ in ${ℝ}^2\setminus \Omega$. Our upper bound coincides with the lower bound obtained by Rivière and Serfaty.

The paper is devoted to the problem of verification of accuracy of approximate solutions obtained in computer simulations. This problem is strongly related to a posteriori error estimates, giving computable bounds for computational errors and detecting zones in the solution domain where such errors are too large and certain mesh refinements should be performed. A mathematical model embracing nonlinear elliptic variational problems is considered in this work. Based on functional type estimates developed...

The aim is to reconstruct a signal function x ∈ L₂ if the phase of the Fourier transform [x̂] and some additional a-priori information of convex type are known. The problem can be described as a convex feasibility problem. We solve this problem by different Fejér monotone iterative methods comparing the results and discussing the choice of relaxation parameters. Since the a-priori information is partly related to the spectral space the Fourier transform and its inverse have to be applied in each...

Si presentano alcuni risultati recenti riguardanti la disuguaglianza di Pòlya- Szegö e la caratterizzazione dei casi in cui essa si riduce ad un'uguaglianza. Particolare attenzione viene rivolta alla simmetrizzazione di Steiner di insiemi di perimetro finito e di funzioni di Sobolev.

We give necessary and sufficient local conditions for the simultaneous unitarizability of a set of analytic matrix maps from an analytic 1-manifold into ${\mathrm{SL}}_nℂ$ under conjugation by a single analytic matrix map.We apply this result to the monodromy arising from an integrable partial differential equation to construct a family of $k$-noids, genus-zero constant mean curvature surfaces with three or more ends in euclidean, spherical and hyperbolic $3$-spaces.