PDE/Applied Math Seminar --- Schedule for Spring 1999
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).
(Click here for the Fall
1998 Schedule.)
| Jan 28 |
Global
Curvature and Ideal Shapes,
John Maddocks, EPFL, Lausanne |
Feb 8
(M) |
Well-Posedness
Theory for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws ,
Tai-Ping Liu, Stanford
This seminar is on MONDAY at 4:15pm in ROOM 1313 MATH |
Feb 15
(M) |
Undercompressive Shocks in Driven Film Flow ,
Andrea Bertozzi, Duke
This seminar is on MONDAY at 2pm in ROOM 3206 MATH |
| Feb 18 |
The Onset of Chaos in Vortex Sheet Roll-Up
Robert Krasny, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Mar 4 |
The global attractor for the Navier-Stokes equations
of one-dimensional, compressible flow ,
David Hoff, Indiana Univ., Bloomington |
| Mar 25 |
No seminar (Spring break) |
| Apr 8 |
Analysis
and computation of traveling wave solutions
for
bistable nonlinear differential-difference equations,
C. Elmer, NIST |
| Apr 15 |
The theory of the Whitham equations and dispersive shock waves ,
Tamara Grava, UMCP & SISSA |
| Apr 22 |
CANCELLED
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| Apr 23 |
Avron Douglis Memorial Lecture:
Some remarks on homogenization,
Luis Caffarelli, Univ. Texas, Austin |
| Apr 29 |
Relativistic theory of particles and fields ,
T. Gill, Howard University |
| May 6 |
Convergence of Point Vortex Method for 2-D Vortex Sheet ,
J.-G. Liu, UMCP |
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: Apr 8, 1999
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