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Erc Projects

• Geometric Measure Theory in non Euclidean spaces (Luigi Ambrosio) > papers
• Quasistatic and Dynamic Evolution Problems in Plasticity and Fracture (Gianni Dal Maso)
• Analytic Techniques for Geometric and Functional Inequalities (Nicola Fusco)
• Vectorial Elliptic, Parabolic and Variational Problems: Singularities and Regularity (Giuseppe Mingione)
• Analysis of Optimal Sets and Optimal Constants: Old Questions and New Results (Aldo Pratelli)
• Mathematics for Shape Memory Technologies in Biomechanics (Ulisse Stefanelli)

Open Positions

• Postdoc Position in Rome, Dep. of Mathematics, Sapienza (deadline: 24 Mar 2015)
• PhD position in Analysis at the University of Dresden (deadline: 29 Mar 2015)
• Postdoc Position in Münster (deadline: 31 Mar 2015)
• Postdoc Positions in Jyväskylä (deadline: 31 Mar 2015)
• scholarships for non UE students - master's degree in mathematics - University of Verona (deadline: 31 Mar 2015)

Forthcoming Seminars

• 31 Mar 2015: Z. Djadli: Higher order geometric problems on compact manifolds

Forthcoming Events

• 23 Feb - 15 May 2015: Intensive Period on "Variational Methods for Plasticity and Dislocations" SISSA, Trieste, Italy
• 2 - 5 Mar 2015: Flow(ers) and Friends in Frankfurt (a workshop on Geometric Analysis) Frankfurt
• 2 - 6 Mar 2015: New Perspectives in Analysis and Probability University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
• 4 - 6 Mar 2015: Mini-courses and workshop on Geometric Analysis in the Heisenberg group Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna
• 9 - 11 Mar 2015: Phase transition problems and nonlinear PDEs Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna
• 23 - 27 Mar 2015: GAMM 86th Annual Meeting Lecce
• 1 Apr - 30 Jun 2015: Trimester "Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces" in Madrid ICMAT, Madrid, Spain
• 13 - 15 Apr 2015: Geometric and Spectral Analysis FRUMAM, Marseille
• 18 - 29 May 2015: Calculus of Variations and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations University of Texas at Austin
• 1 - 4 Jun 2015: 6th Symposium on Analysis and PDEs Purdue University
• 15 - 19 Jun 2015: Eighth Summer School in Analysis and Applied Mathematics Dipartimento di Matematica - Sapienza Università di Roma
• 15 Jun - 3 Jul 2015: Summer school "Geometric Measure Theory and Calculus of Variations: Theory and Applications" Institut Fourier, Grenoble
• 15 - 17 Jun 2015: Geometric Analysis, Free Boundary Problems and Measure Theory Max Planck Institut for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig (DE)
• 17 - 19 Jun 2015: Espalia 2015 Rome - Sapienza, Universita' di Roma
• 1 - 3 Jul 2015: Trends in Non-Linear Analysis 2015 SISSA, Trieste, Italy
• 6 - 10 Jul 2015: Nineth School on Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces Bellavista Relax Hotel, Levico Terme (Trento)
• 20 - 24 Jul 2015: Summer school on Nonlinear PDE's and applications to Image Analysis. A scientific tribute to Vicent Caselles. Centre de Recerca Matemàtica​​​, Barcelona
• 20 - 24 Jul 2015: SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRANSPORT, FLUIDS AND MIXING Levico Terme (Trento), Italy
• 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2015: PDE 2015 -- Theory and applications of partial differential equations Berlin

Recently Added Papers

• F. Cavalletti - T. Rajala (Preprint)
  Tangent lines and Lipschitz differentiability spaces (2015)
• U. Boscain - R. Neel - L. Rizzi (Preprint)
  Intrinsic random walks and sub-Laplacians in sub-Riemannian geometry (2015)
• G. Ciraolo - A. Figalli - F. Maggi - M. Novaga (Submitted Paper)
  Rigidity and sharp stability estimates for hypersurfaces with constant and almost-constant nonlocal mean curvature (2015)
• R. Alicandro - L. De Luca - A. Garroni - M. Ponsiglione (Submitted Paper)
  Dynamics of discrete screw dislocations on glide directions (2015)
• M. Focardi - E. Spadaro (Submitted Paper)
  An epiperimetric inequality for the thin obstacle problem (2015)
• C. Jimenez - M. Quincampoix - Y. Xu (Accepted Paper: Dynamic games and applications)
  Differential games with incomplete information on a continuum of initial positions and without Isaacs condition (2015)
• M. Colombo - G. Mingione (Accepted Paper: Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. )
  Bounded minimisers of double phase variational integrals (2015)
• S. Hencl - A. Pratelli (Submitted Paper)
  Diffeomorphic Approximation of $W^{1,1}$ Planar Sobolev Homeomorphisms (2015)
• S. Conti - M. Focardi - F. Iurlano (Submitted Paper)
  Which special functions of bounded deformation have bounded variation? (2015)
• F. Cavalletti - A. Mondino (Preprint)
  Sharp and rigid isoperimetric inequalities in metric-measure spaces with lower Ricci curvature bounds (2015)
• A. R. Mészáros - F. J. Silva (Preprint)
  A variational approach to second order mean field games with density constraints: the stationary case (2015)
• J. Dalphin - A. Henrot - S. Masnou - T. Takahashi (Submitted Paper)
  On the minimization of total mean curvature (2014)
• E. Bretin - S. Masnou (Submitted Paper)
  A new phase field model for inhomogeneous minimal partitions, and applications to droplets dynamics (2015)

Recently Modified Papers

• M. Morini - V. Slastikov (S: Journal of Differential Equations)
  Geometrically induced phase transitions in two-dimensional dumbbell-shaped domains (1940)
• L. Ambrosio - H. Brezis - J. Bourgain - A. Figalli (Accepted Paper: Comm. Pure Appl. Math.)
  $BMO$-type norms related to the perimeter of sets (2015)
• A. Agrachev - D. Barilari - L. Rizzi (Submitted)
  The curvature: a variational approach (2013)
• A. Lerario - L. Rizzi (Preprint)
  How many geodesics join two points on a contact sub-Riemannian manifold? (2014)
• D. Barilari - L. Rizzi (Accepted Paper)
  Comparison theorems for conjugate points in sub-Riemannian geometry (2014)
• R. Alicandro - M. Ponsiglione (J. Funct. Anal.)
  Ginzburg-Landau functionals and renormalized energy: A revised $\Gamma$-convergence approach (2014)
• R. Alicandro - L. De Luca - A. Garroni - M. Ponsiglione (Archive Rational Mech. Anal.)
  Metastability and dynamics of discrete topological singularities in two dimensions: a $\Gamma$-convergence approach (2014)
• G. Bellettini - M. Novaga - G. Orlandi (Accepted Paper: Discrete Cont. Dynam. System)
  Eventual regularity for the parabolic minimal surface equation (2015)
• A. Cesaroni - M. Novaga - A. Pinamonti ( : Commun. Pure Appl. Anal.)
  One-dimensional symmetry for semilinear equations with unbounded drift (2013)
• A. Cesaroni - C. Muratov - M. Novaga (Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal.)
  Front propagation in geometric and phase field models of stratified media (2015)
• M. Caroccia - R. Neumayer (Accepted Paper: Journal of Convex Analysis)
  A note on the stability of the Cheeger constant of $N$-gons (2014)
• L. Ambrosio - A. Carlotto - A. Massaccesi
  Lecture Notes on Partial Differential Equations (2010)
• C. De Lellis - M. Focardi - B. Ruffini (Adv. Calc. Var.)
  A note on the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set for minimizers of the Mumford-Shah energy (2014)
• M. Focardi - N. Fusco - C. Leone - P. Marcellini - E. Mascolo - A. Verde (Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations)
  Weak lower semicontinuity for polyconvex integrals in the limit case (2014)
• M. Focardi - A. Marchese - E. Spadaro (Accepted Paper: Journal of Functional Analysis)
  Improved estimate of the singular set of Dir-minimizing Q-valued functions via an abstract regularity result (2014)
• M. Focardi - M. S. Gelli - E. Spadaro (Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations)
  Monotonicity formulas for obstacle problems with Lipschitz coefficients (2015)
• M. Focardi - P. M. Mariano - E. N. Spadaro (Accepted Paper: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis)
  Multi-value microstructural descriptors for finer scale material complexity: analysis of ground states (2013)
• A. Mondino - S. Nardulli (Accepted Paper: Communications in Analysis and Geometry)
  Existence of isoperimetric regions in non-compact Riemannian manifolds under Ricci or scalar curvature conditions (2012)
• P. Laurain - A. Mondino (Analysis and PDEs)
  Concentration of small Willmore spheres in Riemannian 3-manifolds (2013)
• T. Schmidt (Proc. Am. Math. Soc.)
  Strict interior approximation of sets of finite perimeter and functions of bounded variation (2015)