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Fabio Paronetto

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$H$-convergence and $Γ$-convergence in the Riesz fractional setting: the nonlinear case

This paper concerns the $H$-convergence of nonlinear nonlocal monotone operators defined through the Riesz fractional gradient and divergence. We show that the $H$-convergence in this nonlocal framework is equivalent to the $H$-convergence of the corresponding local one. As a consequence, we obtain a $H$-compactness result for a suitable class of nonlocal monotone operators. We then study the $Γ$-convergence of nonlocal energy functionals associated with the subclass of \emph{conservative} monotone operators, proving that it is equivalent to the $Γ$-convergence of the corresponding local energies. A key ingredient is a new uniqueness result for the integral representation of both local and nonlocal functionals. As a by-product, we obtain the $Γ$-compactness of the class of nonlocal energies under consideration. Finally, we show the equivalence between the $H$-convergence of nonlocal conservative monotone operators and the $Γ$-convergence of the associated energy functionals.

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A Harnack inequality for solutions of elliptic-parabolic equations

We want to prove a Harnack type inequality for solutions of strongly degenerate parabolic, or elliptic-parabolic, equations. To do that, we first define a De Giorgi class of order $p = 2$ that contains the solutions of evolution equations of the types $\uprho (x,t) u_t + A u = 0$ and $(\uprho (x,t) u)_t + A u = 0$, where $\uprho > 0$ almost everywhere and $A$ is a suitable elliptic operator. For functions belonging to this class we prove an inhomogeneous parabolic Harnack inequality, i.e. a Harnack inequality that takes into account the mean value of $\uprho$ in different regions of $Ω\times (0,T)$. \\ As a consequence, thanks to an approximation result and a delicate passage to the limit, we are able to get a Harnack inequality for solutions, and in these cases only for solutions, of strongly degenerating parabolic equations, i.e. when $\uprho \geqslant 0$. \\ As a byproduct one obtains Hölder continuity for solutions of a subclass of the first equation (i.e. $\uprho (x,t) u_t + A u = 0$): in particular the solutions of this subclass are Hölder continuous in the interface where $\uprho$ changes its sign, from positive to zero.

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Variational convergences under moving anisotropies

We study the asymptotic behaviour of sequences of integral functionals depending on moving anisotropies. We introduce and describe the relevant functional setting, establishing uniform Meyers-Serrin type approximations, Poincaré inequalities and compactness properties. We prove several $Γ$-convergence results, and apply the latter to the study of $H$-convergence of anisotropic linear differential operators.

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$G$-convergence of elliptic and parabolic operators depending on vector fields

We consider sequences of elliptic and parabolic operators in divergence form and depending on a family of vector fields. We show compactness results with respect to G-convergence, or H-convergence, by means of the compensated compactness theory, in a setting in which the existence of affine functions is not always guaranteed, due to the nature of the family of vector fields.

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A Harnack's inequality for mixed type evolution equations

We define a homogeneous parabolic De Giorgi classes of order 2 which suits a mixed type class of evolution equations whose simplest example is $μ(x) \frac{\partial u}{\partial t} - Δu = 0$ where $μ$ can be positive, null and negative, so in particular elliptic-parabolic and forward-backward parabolic equations are included. For functions belonging to this class we prove local boundedness and show a Harnack inequality which, as by-products, gives Hölder-continuity, in particular in the interface $I$ where $μ$ change sign, and a maximum principle.

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Local higher integrability for parabolic quasiminimizers in metric spaces

Using variational methods, we prove local higher integrability for the minimal p-weak upper gradients of parabolic quasiminimizers in metric measure spaces. We assume the measure to be doubling and the underlying space to be such that a weak Poincaré inequality is supported. We give proofs to density results concerning the space of test functions used when proving estimates for parabolic quasiminimizers.

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