Facet-Defining Inequalities for the Angle-Based DC Optimal Transmission Switching Formulation

This paper challenges the prevailing view that tightening voltage angle bounds in the Direct-Current Optimal Transmission Switching problem requires solving an intractable longest path problem by presenting a novel polyhedral analysis that derives facet-defining inequalities to construct an extended formulation for the convex hull of the angle-based relaxation.

Behnam Jabbari-Marand, Adolfo R. Escobedo2026-03-04🔢 math

A blow-up approach for a priori bounds in semilinear planar elliptic systems: the Brezis-Merle critical case

This paper establishes uniform a priori estimates for solutions of semilinear planar Hamiltonian elliptic systems with Brezis-Merle critical nonlinearities using a novel blow-up approach combined with Liouville-type theorems, thereby resolving an open problem and proving the existence of positive solutions via Fixed Point Index theory.

Laura Baldelli, Gabriele Mancini, Giulio Romani2026-03-04🔢 math