In this paper we investigate the existence of mild solutions to second order initial value problems for a class of delay integrodifferential inclusions with nonlocal conditions. We rely on a fixed point theorem for condensing maps due to Martelli.

We consider two variational evolution problems related to MongeKantorovich mass transfer. These problems provide models for collapsing sandpiles and for compression molding. We prove the following connection between these problems and nonlocal geometric curvature motion: The distance functions to surfaces moving according to certain nonlocal geometric laws are solutions of the variational evolu...

We study two nonlocal variational problems in this paper. One models micro-phase separation of diblock copolymers and the other models solid-solid phase transformations that lead to fine structures. We study a parameter range where the problems can be approximated by their asymptotic limits. We find all the local minimum solutions of the limiting problems. Because these local minima are isolate...

We consider nonlinear elliptic problems involving a nonlocal operator: the square root of the Laplacian in a bounded domain with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. For positive solutions to problems with power nonlinearities, we establish existence and regularity results, as well as a priori estimates of Gidas-Spruck type. In addition, among other results, we prove a symmetry theorem of Gidas-...

Under various weaker conditions, we establish various results on the existence and nonexistence of positive solutions for singular third-order nonhomogeneous boundary value problems with nonlocal boundary conditions. The arguments are based upon the fixed point theorem of cone expansion and compression. Finally, we give two examples to demonstrate our results. Key–Words: Positive solutions, Fix...

We prove a boundary Harnack inequality for nonlocal elliptic operators L in non-divergence form with bounded measurable coefficients. Namely, our main result establishes that if Lu1 = Lu2 = 0 in Ω ∩ B1, u1 = u2 = 0 in B1 \ Ω, and u1, u2 ≥ 0 in R, then u1 and u2 are comparable in B1/2. The result applies to arbitrary open sets Ω. When Ω is Lipschitz, we show that the quotient u1/u2 is Hölder con...

The essence of the boundary-field equation method is the reduction of the boundary value problem under consideration to an equivalent nonlocal boundary value problem in a bounded domain by using boundary integral equations. The latter can then be treated by the standard variational method including its numerical approximations. In this paper, various formulations of the nonlocal boundary value ...

Fractional calculus represents a natural instrument to model nonlocal or long-range dependence phenomena either in space or time. The processes that involve different space and time scales appear in a wide range of contexts, from physics and chemistry to biology and engineering. In many of these problems, the dynamics of the system can be formulated in terms of fractional differential equations...

in this paper, the stability characteristics of single-walled carbon nanotubes (swcnts) under the action of axial load are investigated. to this end, a nonlocal flügge shell model is developed to accommodate the small length scale effects. the analytical rayleigh-ritz method with beam functions is applied to the variational statement derived from the flügge-type buckling equations. molecular dy...