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    Generalized Harnack inequality for semilinear elliptic equations

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    This paper is concerned with semilinear equations in divergence form \diver(A(x)Du) = f(u) where f:R[0,)f :\R \to [0,\infty) is nondecreasing. We prove a sharp Harnack type inequality for nonnegative solutions which is closely connected to the classical Keller-Osserman condition for the existence of entire solutions

    Minimality via second variation for microphase separation of diblock copolymer melts

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    We consider a non local isoperimetric problem arising as the sharp interface limit of the Ohta-Kawasaki free energy introduced to model microphase separation of diblock copolymers. We perform a second order variational analysis that allows us to provide a quantitative second order minimality condition. We show that critical configurations with positive second variation are indeed strict local minimizers of the nonlocal perimeter. Moreover we provide, via a suitable quantitative inequality of isoperimetric type, an estimate of the deviation from minimality for configurations close to the minimum in the L1L^1 topology

    Sharp dimension free quantitative estimates for the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality

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    We provide a full quantitative version of the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality. Our estimate is independent of the dimension, sharp on the decay rate with respect to the asymmetry and with optimal dependence on the mass
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