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Partial differential equations (PDEs): Existence and uniqueness, regularity, boundary conditions, linear and non-linear operators, stability, soliton theory, integrable PDEs, conservation laws, qualitative dynamics.

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A PDE involving a diffeomorphism of $\mathbb{S}^1$

This question is a special case of this one. Let $s(\theta)>0, b(\theta)$ be two smooth non-constant real-valued functions on $\mathbb{S}^1$. Do there exist a diffeomorphism $\phi:\mathbb{S}^1 \to \ma …
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How to show continuity and monotonicity of solutions to this parametrized equation?

Let $1 \le p <2$ be a parameter. Consider the equation $$ \frac{2^{p/2} (1-\sqrt{s})^p-1}{\sqrt{s}}=-2^{p/2-1}p(1-\sqrt{s})^{p-1}. \tag{1} $$ I am rather certain that for each $1 \le p <2$, there is u …
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Local obstructions for maps with constant singular values

$\newcommand{\M}{\mathcal{M}}$ $\newcommand{\N}{\mathcal{N}}$ Let $\M, \N$ be smooth two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds. Are there any local obstructions for the existence of a smooth map $f:\M \to …
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Measuring the non-commutativity of the codifferential and pullbacks

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Does this geometric PDE have a solution?

Let $s(\theta), b(\theta)$ be two smooth non-constant real-valued functions on $\mathbb{S}^1$, and assume that $s$ never vanishes. Does there exist a map $h:(0,1) \times \mathbb{S}^1 \to \mathbb{S}^1$ …
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Is there a non-degenerate solution for this PDE on $\mathbb{R}^3$?

$\newcommand{\tr}{\operatorname{tr}}$ $\newcommand{\R}{\mathbb{R}}$ Does there exist a smooth map $f:\mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^3$, which satisfies $$\tr \big( df \otimes \delta(df \wedge df) \big)=0 …
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Characterising critical points of $E(f)=\int_{M}| \bigwedge^2 df|^2 \text{Vol}_{M}$

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Is a Sobolev map with invertible smooth minors smooth?

$\newcommand{\Cof}{\text{cof}}$ Let $k,d$ be even integers, such that $d\ge3$ and $2 \le k \le d-1$. Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ be open, and let $f \in W^{1,p}(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^d)$, for som …
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Obstructions for the wedge of coordinate differentials to be harmonic

Let $(M,g)$ be a smooth $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifold, $d$ even. Are there obstructions (I guess in terms of curvature) for $g$ to have the following property: For every $p \in M$ there exist a …
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Is a Sobolev map with smooth minors smooth on the whole domain?

Let $d\ge 3$ and $2 \le k \le d-1$ be integers, where at least one of $k,d$ is odd. Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$ be open, and let $f \in W^{1,p}(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^d)$, for some $p \ge 1$. Q …
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A conformal map whose Jacobian vanishes at a point is constant?

Let $f:M \to N$ be a smooth weakly conformal map between connected $d$-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, i.e. $f$ satisfies $df^Tdf =(\det df)^{\frac{2}{d}} \, \text{Id}_{TM}$. Assume $d \ge 3$ a …
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Is every "higher-order" harmonic morphism conformal?

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Elliptic regularity of harmonic forms in $L^1$

$\newcommand{\M}{M}$ This is a cross-post. I am looking for a reference for the regularity of harmonic forms which belong to $L^1(M)$. Explicitly, let $\M$ be a smooth oriented Riemannian manifold. …
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Is the evaluation map from harmonic forms on the torus surjective on flat neighbourhoods?

In a nutshell: Given a metric on the torus $\mathbb{T}^n$, can we extend any element $\sigma \in \bigwedge^k T_p^*\mathbb{T}^n$ to a global harmonic form? Let $\mathbb{T}^n$ be the $n$-Torus. F …
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Do non-continuous Sobolev maps pull back closed forms to weakly closed forms?

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