We obtain a Struwe type global compactness result for a class of nonlinear nonlocal problems involving the fractional p−Laplacian operator and nonlinearities at critical growth.

In this paper, we extend fundamental notions of control theory to evolving compact subsets of the Euclidean space – as states without linear structure. Dispensing with any restriction of regularity, shapes can be interpreted as nonempty compact subsets of the Euclidean space RN . Their family K(RN ), however, does not have any obvious linear structure, but in combination with the popular Pompei...

We introduce a new Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian arising from a simple probabilistic consideration, and we discuss the basic properties of this model. We can consider both elliptic and parabolic equations in any domain. In addition, we formulate problems with nonhomogeneous Neumann conditions, and also with mixed Dirichlet and Neumann conditions, all of them having a clear probab...

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the nonlocal nonlinear equation (−∆p) u = |u|u in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R as q approaches the critical Sobolev exponent p∗ = Np/(N − ps). We prove that ground state solutions concentrate at a single point x̄ ∈ Ω and analyze the asymptotic behavior for sequences of solutions at higher energy levels. In the semi-linear case p = 2, we prove that for s...

We establish Fredholm properties for a class of nonlocal differential operators. Using mild convergence and localization conditions on the nonlocal terms, we also show how to compute Fredholm indices via a generalized spectral flow, using crossing numbers of generalized spatial eigenvalues. We illustrate possible applications of the results in a nonlinear and a linear setting. We first prove th...

Of concern is the existence of solutions to nonlocal impulsive Cauchy problems for evolution equations. Combining the techniques of operator semigroups, approximate solutions, noncompact measures and the fixed point theory, new existence theorems are obtained, which generalize and improve some previous results since neither the Lipschitz continuity nor compactness assumption on the impulsive fu...

We present an existence theory based on minimization of the nonlocal energies appearing in peridynamics, which is a nonlocal continuum model in solid mechanics that avoids the use of deformation gradients. We employ the direct method of the calculus of variations in order to find minimizers of the energy of a deformation. Lower semicontinuity is proved under a weaker condition than convexity, w...

We exploit a recently developed nonlocal vector calculus to provide a variational analysis for a general class of nonlocal diffusion problems given by a linear integral equation on bounded domains in R. The ubiquity of the nonlocal operator is illustrated by a number of applications ranging from continuum mechanics to graph theory. These applications elucidate different interpretations of the o...

The development of numerical methods for the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) with nonlocal boundary conditions is important, since such type of problems arise as mathematical models of various real-world processes. We use radial basis function (RBF) collocation technique for the solution of a multidimensional linear elliptic equation with classical Dirichlet boundary condition...