Maria FANCIULLO

Associate Professor of Mathematical analysis [MAT/05]

Maria Stella Fanciullo is associate professor in Mathematical Analysis (MAT/05) in the Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica of the University of Catania.

Her research consists in studying regularity for partial differential equations.

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Academic Year 2021/2022
  • DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
    Bachelor's Degree in Civil, Environmental and Management Engineering - 2nd Year
    ANALISI MATEMATICA II

  • DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
    Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering - 2nd Year
    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS II M - Z



Academic Year 2020/2021
  • DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
    Bachelor's Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering - 2nd Year
    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS II



Academic Year 2019/2020
  • DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
    Bachelor's Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering - 2nd Year
    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS II



Academic Year 2018/2019


Academic Year 2017/2018


Academic Year 2016/2017


Academic Year 2015/2016
  • DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
    Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
    MATHEMATICS 1

  • DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
    Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering - 1st Year
    MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS I E-N

The first research consists in the study of regularity in Campanato spaces for systems of partial differential equations. The Holder continuity regularity for the solutions and their gradients of second order nonlinear non variational systems satisfying the generalized Cordes condition has been proved, obtaining global results if the dimension n of the space is small. There are also partial regularity results for every n.

In 2004 with prof. J.J. Manfredi and A. Domokos she studies linear subelliptic operators satisfying Cordes condition and defined by Hormander vector fields. As an application, C^{1,\alpha} regularity for p-sublaplacian operator in the Grushin plane has been obtained. Then, with A. Domokos the best constant for the Friedrichs-Knapp-Stein inequality in some particular Lie groups of step two has been obtained.

Moreover in recent years nonlinear non variational operators satisfying Cordes condition are studied in Heisenberg group and, more general in Carnot group. For such operators, with G. Di Fazio, W^{2,p}_{loc} regularity has been otained.

Another research topic is the regularity and the a priori estimates for degenerate equations and systems with VMO coefficients. The obtained results consist in Morrey and BMO regularity for the gradient of solutions of systems defined by Hormander vector fields. Useful is the result, in collaboartion with A. Caruso, about the density of C^\infty in BMO with Carnot-Caratheodory metric.

In collaboration with M. Bramanti a priori BMO estimates have been studied for the second derivatives of solutions of linear non variational equations defined on Carnot groups, with VLMO (Vanishing logarithmic mean oscillation) coefficients. Moreover C^{k+2,\alpha} regularity has been obtained for solutions of linear and quasilinear equations defined by Hormander vector fields.

In collaboration with G. Di Fazio and P. Zamboni she studies L^p_w the Holder continuous regularity for the gradient of solutions of linear and variational degenerate equations and systems. The degeneracy is due to a Muckenhoupt weight w.

Another research topic concerns Harnack inequality. Harnack inequality has been obtained for solutions of linear equations in divergence form with natural growth and degenerate with a Muckenhoupt weight. Moreover Harnack inequality has been proved for quasilinear variational equation with a strong A_\infty degeneracy.

Harnack inequalities have been obtained also for strong degenerate linear and quasilinear equations, that are equations defined by Hormander vector fields and also degenerate with a Muckenhoupt weight.
Similar results for quasilinear equations defined by Grushin vector fields and degenerate because of a strong A_\infty weight. Fundamental tool to prove Harnack inequality is a Fefferman-Phong type inequality for functions in Stummel-Kato classes to which the coefficients of the terms of lower order belong.

The last result on Harnack inequality regard linear equations with coefficients of the terms of lower order belonging to a suitable Stummel-Kato type classes, defined by a new formula of representation introduced by Franchi, Perez and Wheeden in 2003.

Recently with P.D. Lamberti the problem of the extension operators on Sobolev- Morrey spaces has been studied.
In collaboration with M. Bramanti the Fefferman-Stein for sharp maximal functions and John-Nirenberg inequality have been obtained for BMO functions in locally homogeneous spaces.