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An application of eigenfunctions of p -Laplacians to domain separation

Herbert Gajewski (2001)

Mathematica Bohemica

We are interested in algorithms for constructing surfaces Γ of possibly small measure that separate a given domain Ω into two regions of equal measure. Using the integral formula for the total gradient variation, we show that such separators can be constructed approximatively by means of sign changing eigenfunctions of the p -Laplacians, p 1 , under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. These eigenfunctions turn out to be limits of steepest descent methods applied to suitable norm quotients.

An elliptic equation with no monotonicity condition on the nonlinearity

Gregory S. Spradlin (2006)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

An elliptic PDE is studied which is a perturbation of an autonomous equation. The existence of a nontrivial solution is proven via variational methods. The domain of the equation is unbounded, which imposes a lack of compactness on the variational problem. In addition, a popular monotonicity condition on the nonlinearity is not assumed. In an earlier paper with this assumption, a solution was obtained using a simple application of topological (Brouwer) degree. Here, a more subtle degree...

An existence result for minimal spheres in manifolds boundary

Edi Rosset (1990)

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

We prove the existence of a not homotopically trivial minimal sphere in a 3-manifold with boundary, obtained by deleting an open connected subset from a compact Riemannian oriented 3-manifold with boundary, having trivial second homotopy group.

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