Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar

Mon, 23/04/2007 17:00	Bjorn Engquist (University of Texas, Austin)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	A fast multi-pole method for oscillatory kernels

Mon, 30/04/2007 17:00	Kewei Zhang (Sussex)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	On some semi-explicit quasiconvex functions with prescribed zero sets
	For a given Lipschitz graph over a subspace without rank-one matrices with reasonably small Lipschitz constant, we construct quasiconvex functions of quadratic growth whose zero sets are exactly the Lipschitz graph by using a translation method. The gradient of the quasiconvex function is strictly quasi-monotone. When the graph is a smooth compact manifold, the quasiconvex function equals the squared distance function near the graph. The corresponding variational integrals satisfy the Palais-Smale compactness condition under the homogeneous natural boundary condition.

Mon, 07/05/2007 17:00	Sergio Conti (Duisburg)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	Energy scaling and domain branching in type-I superconductors
	The intermediate state of a type-I superconductor is a classical example of energy-driven pattern-formation, first studied by Landau in 1937. Mathematically this can be modeled by a nonconvex functional with a singular perturbation, which physically represents the surface energy. In this talk I shall discuss how a combination of interpolation inequalities and explicit constructions permits to determine the scaling of the minimal energy with respect to the relevant material parameters, and therefore to predict a phase diagram for the observed microstructure. This talk is mainly based on joint work with Rustum Choksi, Robert V. Kohn, and Felix Otto.

Mon, 14/05/2007 17:00	Edriss Titi (Weizmann Institute)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	Global Regularity for Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations and Other Relevant Geophysical Models

Mon, 28/05/2007 15:30	Menita Carozza (Naples)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L2
	Regularity for functionals depending on the hessian determinant

Mon, 28/05/2007 17:00	Nikolai Nadirashvili (Marseille)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	Sharp inequalities for eigenvalues of Laplacians

Mon, 04/06/2007 17:00	Folkmar Bornemann (Technical University, Munich)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	Weak convergence, realization of holonomic constraints, and the Quantum Adiabatic Theorem

Mon, 11/06/2007 17:00	Gilles Anglesberg (ETH)	Applied Analysis and Mechanics Seminar	L1
	Large solutions for biharmonic maps in four dimensions

Forthcoming Seminars

Mon, 20/05/2013 - 2:15pm

Eigenvalues of large random matrices, free probability and beyond.

Speaker: CAMILLE MALE
Mon, 20/05/2013 - 2:15pm

Four-manifolds, surgery and group actions

Speaker: Ian Hambleton
Mon, 20/05/2013 - 3:45pm

Fibering 5-manifolds with fundamental group Z over the circle

Speaker: Yang Su
Mon, 20/05/2013 - 3:45pm

Random Wavelet Series

Speaker: STEPHANE JAFFARD
Mon, 20/05/2013 - 4:00pm

The Hasse Principle for the Equation Polynomial=Norm: An Approach Using Sieve Theory

Speaker: Alastair Irving
Mon, 20/05/2013 - 5:00pm

Analysis of some nonlinear PDEs from multi-scale geophysical applications

Speaker: Bin Cheng
Tue, 21/05/2013 - 12:00pm

Quantum information processing in spacetime

Speaker: Ivette Fuentes (Nottingham)