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Bernstein and De Giorgi type problems: new results via a geometric approach

Alberto Farina, Berardino Sciunzi, Enrico Valdinoci (2008)

Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa - Classe di Scienze

We use a Poincaré type formula and level set analysis to detect one-dimensional symmetry of stable solutions of possibly degenerate or singular elliptic equations of the form div a ( | u ( x ) | ) u ( x ) + f ( u ( x ) ) = 0 . Our setting is very general and, as particular cases, we obtain new proofs of a conjecture of De Giorgi for phase transitions in  2 and  3 and of the Bernstein problem on the flatness of minimal area graphs in  3 . A one-dimensional symmetry result in the half-space is also obtained as a byproduct of our analysis. Our approach...

Bol loop actions

Larissa V. Sbitneva (2000)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

The notions of left Bol and Bol-Bruck actions are introduced. A purely algebraic analogue of a Nono family (Lie triple family), the so called Sabinin-Nono family, is given. It is shown that any Sabinin-Nono family is a left Bol-Bruck action. Finally it is proved that any local Nono family is a local left Bol-Bruck action. On general matters see [L.V. Sabinin 91, 99].

Boundaries of prescribed mean curvature

Eduardo H. A. Gonzales, Umberto Massari, Italo Tamanini (1993)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

The existence of a singular curve in R 2 is proven, whose curvature can be extended to an L 2 function. The curve is the boundary of a two dimensional set, minimizing the length plus the integral over the set of the extension of the curvature. The existence of such a curve was conjectured by E. De Giorgi, during a conference held in Trento in July 1992.

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