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Rigidity results for Serrin-type problems on annular domains

We characterize rotationally symmetric solutions to the Serrin problem on ring-shaped domains in $\mathbb R^n$ (n ≥ 3). Our proof relies on a comparison geometry argument. In particular, by taking adv...

Fully nonlinear elliptic PDEs in thin domains

I will describe the more recent developments starting from the results  contained in two joint works with I. Birindelli and  H. Ishii. In [1] we extend to fully nonlinear operators of the we...

Collegare mente e macchine: apprendimento, memoria e adattamento dal cervello all’IA

L’iniziativa è organizzata dal gruppo “BrainJuice”, una rete di studenti e ricercatori attivi nella comunicazione e divulgazione scientifica nei campi delle neuroscienze e dell’intelligenza artificial...

Controlling the zero-temperature Ising model using Markov decision theory

The behavior of the Ising model under external control mechanisms is of interest in a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, social dynamics, and information processing. In this t...

Evoluzione della pigmentazione negli europei della preistoria

Oggi sembra scontato che chi ha origini europee abbia anche la pelle bianca, ma è così solo da poche generazioni. Lo studio del DNA antico permette di ricostruire come e quando sia cambiato il nostro ...

Chow functions for partially ordered sets

In the 1990s, Stanley and Brenti developed the foundations of what is now known as the Kazhdan--Lusztig--Stanley (KLS) theory. To each kernel in a graded poset, one may associate special functions cal...

Sphere theorems for $ W^{2,n} $-hypersurfaces

A classical rigidity result of Alexandrov asserts that if $ 1 \leq k \leq n $ is an integer and $ \Sigma $ is a compact $ C^2 $-regular hypersurface of $ \mathbf{R}^{n+1} $ such that the  $ k $-t...

A spectral and dynamical story related to the classical Euler-Bernoulli polynomial approximation

This talk will try to remain at an elementary technical level while its main purpose is to build a bridge between hard-core people working on spectral theory of (non)self-adjoint operators, and hard-c...

On the Betti numbers of compactified Jacobians

We prove a conjecture of Cherednik describing the Betti numbers of compactified Jacobians of unibranch planar curves via superpolynomials of algebraic knots. The methods of the proof use the theory of...

Extremising eigenvalues of the GJMS operators in a fixed conformal class

Let $(M,g)$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \ge 3$ and $P_g$ be a conformally-covariant operator on $(M,g)$. We consider in this talk two problem at the crossroads of conformal geometr...

Minimality of the vortex solution for Ginzburg-Landau systems

We consider the standard Ginzburg-Landau system for N-dimensional maps definedin the unit ball for some parameter eps>0. For a boundary data corresponding to a vortex of topological degree one, the...

Functional inequalities: symmetry of extremal functions and quantitative stability

Abstract: In this colloquium talk I will make a general presentation about a number of topics intervening in the area of functional inequalities. Like the very diverse qualitative properties of t...