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Javier Falco

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arXiv2026

Area Minimization Among Group-Invariant Planar Convex Bodies of Constant Width

The classical Blaschke--Lebesgue theorem identifies the Reuleaux triangle as the planar convex body of constant width with minimum area. We investigate this extremal problem under prescribed symmetry constraints. Specifically, we classify the minimum-area convex bodies of constant width that are invariant under a finite group $G$ of isometries of $\mathbb{R}^2$ fixing the origin. For the exceptional reflection group $D_1$, the minimizers are precisely the Reuleaux triangles invariant under the prescribed reflection. If $G$ contains the half-turn $\mathcal R_\pi$, the disk is the unique minimizer. For odd $n\geq 3$, the minimizers are regular Reuleaux $n$-gons, unique up to rotation in the cyclic case $C_n$, and exactly those satisfying the prescribed reflection symmetry in the dihedral case $D_n$.

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arXiv2024

G-strong subdifferentiability and applications to norm attaining subspaces

We study the reflexivity and strong subdifferentiability within the framework of group invariant mappings. We show that a Banach space is G-reflexive if the norm of its dual is G-strong subdifferentiable. To do this, we extend numerous classical concepts in functional analysis such as weak and weak-star topologies, the polar of a set, duality mapping, to the framework of group invariant mappings. We also extend many classical results in functional analysis including Banach-Alaoglu-Bourbaki's theorem, James' theorem, Moreau's maximum formula, and Krein-Smulian's theorem, to this context. To conclude, we provide an application of these new results by providing sufficient conditions to ensure the existence of closed Banach spaces inside the set of norm-attaining functionals of a Banach space.

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arXiv2024

Variational principles and apllications to symmetric PDEs

In this paper, we explore various equivalences of Ekeland's variational principle within the framework of group-invariant mappings. We introduce and analyze several key theorems, including the Drop theorem, the Petal theorem, Caristi-Kirk fxed-point theorem, and Takahashi's theorem, all of them within this context. Moreover, we extend the classical Drop theorem and Petal theorem to a more generalized setting. We also demonstrate the practical signifcance of these findings through numerous applications to diverse areas of mathematics. In particular, in the context of partial differential equations, we explore their implications on the solution of the Plateau problem, and in control theory. We also extend the classical Pontyargin maximum principle.

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arXiv2020

Group invariant separating polynomials on a Banach space

We study the group invariant continuous polynomials on a Banach space $X$ that separate a given set $K$ in $X$ and a point $z$ outside $K$. We show that if $X$ is a real Banach space, $G$ is a compact group of $\mathcal{L} (X)$, $K$ is a $G$-invariant set in $X$, and $z$ is a point outside $K$ that can be separated from $K$ by a continuous polynomial $Q$, then $z$ can also be separated from $K$ by a $G$-invariant continuous polynomial $P$. It turns out that this result does not hold when $X$ is a complex Banach space, so we present some additional conditions to get analogous results for the complex case. We also obtain separation theorems under the assumption that $X$ has a Schauder basis which give applications to several classical groups. In this case, we obtain characterizations of points which can be separated by a group invariant polynomial from the closed unit ball.

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