Soliton dynamics for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with magnetic field

The semiclassical limit of a nonlinear focusing Schr\"odinger equation in presence of nonconstant electric and magnetic potentials V,A is studied by taking as initial datum the ground state solution of an associated autonomous elliptic equation. The concentration curve of the solutions is a parameterization of the solutions of a Newton ODE involving the electric force as well as the magnetic force via the Lorenz law of electrodynamics.Comment: 30 pages, 2 figure

On a result by Boccardo-Ferone-Fusco-Orsina

Via a symmetric version of Ekeland's principle recently obtained by the author we improve, in a ball or an annulus, a result of Boccardo-Ferone-Fusco-Orsina on the properties of minimizing sequences of functionals of calculus of variations in the non-convex setting.Comment: 5 page

On the symmetry of minimizers in constrained quasi-linear problems

We provide a simple proof of the radial symmetry of any nonnegative minimizer for a general class of quasi-linear minimization problems.Comment: 18 page

On the location of concentration points for singularly perturbed elliptic equations

By means of a variational identity of Poho\v{z}aev-Pucci-Serrin type for solutions of class $C^1$ recently obtained, we give some necessary conditions for locating the concentration points for a class of quasi-linear elliptic problems in divergence form. More precisely we show that the points where the concentration occurs must be critical, either in a generalized or in the classical sense, for a suitable ground state function.Comment: Final revised version, accepted for publicatio

On explosive solutions for a class of quasi-linear elliptic equations

We study existence, uniqueness, multiplicity and symmetry of large solutions for a class of quasi-linear elliptic equations. Furthermore, we characterize the boundary blow-up rate of solutions, including the case where the contribution of boundary curvature appears.Comment: 34 page

Soliton dynamics for fractional Schrodinger equations

We investigate the soliton dynamics for the fractional nonlinear Schrodinger equation by a suitable modulational inequality. In the semiclassical limit, the solution concentrates along a trajectory determined by a Newtonian equation depending of the fractional diffusion parameter.Comment: 22 page

An asymptotic expansion for the fractional pp-Laplacian and for gradient dependent nonlocal operators

Mean value formulas are of great importance in the theory of partial differential equations: many very useful results are drawn, for instance, from the well known equivalence between harmonic functions and mean value properties. In the nonlocal setting of fractional harmonic functions, such an equivalence still holds, and many applications are now-days available. The nonlinear case, corresponding to the $p$-Laplace operator, has also been recently investigated, whereas the validity of a nonlocal, nonlinear, counterpart remains an open problem. In this paper, we propose a formula for the \emph{nonlocal, nonlinear mean value kernel}, by means of which we obtain an asymptotic representation formula for harmonic functions in the viscosity sense, with respect to the fractional (variational) $p$-Laplacian (for $p\geq 2$) and to other gradient dependent nonlocal operators.Comment: 26 page