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PDE/Applied Math Seminar --- Schedule for Fall 1998

Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park


Talks are  Thursdays at 3:30 pm in room 3206 MTH (the Math department colloquium room) unless noted otherwise.

If you want to receive e-mail announcements of talks please ask Robert Pego (rlp@math.umd.edu).



Sept 10  Gronwall inequalities, Wasserstein metrics, measure-valued solutions, and domain coarsening 
Prof. Robert Pego, University of Maryland, College Park
Sept 17 No seminar
Sept 24 No seminar ( Geometry and solitons conference in honor of S. P. Novikov's 60th birthday)
Oct 1 A convection-reaction problem with discontinuous dynamics,
Prof. Tom Seidman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Oct 8 Existence of solutions for a class of semilinear
polyharmonic equations with critical exponential growth
O. Lakkis, UMCP
Oct 15 Stability of fluids and plasmas and spectral theory
A. Lifschitz-Lipton, Bankers Trust, New York, and University of Illinois, Chicago
Oct 16 Special Seminar  (Friday, 2pm in room 3206 MTH)
Linear and Nonlinear Pricing Problems in Mathematical Finance
A. Lifschitz-Lipton, Bankers Trust, New York and University of Illinois, Chicago
Oct 22 Stochastic soliton lattices
Alexander L. Krylov, Earth Physics Institute, RussianAcademy of Science, Moscow.
Oct 29 Analysis and computation of traveling wave solutions
for bistable nonlinear differential-difference equations
C. Elmer, NIST
Nov 5 Effects of a Varying Bottom on Nonlinear Surface Wave
P. Milewski, Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison
Nov 12 No seminar
Nov 19 Three-dimensional long water waves with small amplitude
J.-R. Quintero, UMCP
Nov 26 No seminar (Thanksgiving Holiday)
Dec 3 Special Seminar  (Thursday, 2pm in room 3206 MTH)
Wasserstein distance and its applications ,
W. Gangbo, Georgia Tech, Atlanta 
Dec 3 Symbolic dynamics of infinite depth: finding global invariants for BVPs
G. Domokos, Cornell University, Ithaca


Other seminars at College Park and in the Washington area


How to reach the Math Department by car or by Metro or from Airports

Special accomodations for individuals with disabilities can be made by calling in advance (301) 405-5048. It would be appreciated if we are notified at least one week in advance.

For further information contact R. Pego at (301) 405-7887 or rlp@math.umd.edu.

PDE/Applied Math seminar


Last modified: Sa Nov 8, 1998