Relative entropy method for equations of fluid dynamics
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This talk discusses various applications of the relative entropy method in the context of fluid mechanics, focusing on weak-strong uniqueness results and asymptotic limits. Particular attention is given to Euler-type equations involving nonlocal interactions. Furthermore, I will present recent results regarding a novel approach to pressureless Euler equations.
Another application of the relative entropy method to be discussed is the unconditional stability of certain radially symmetric steady states for compressible viscous fluids in domains with inflow/outflow boundary conditions. Specifically, we demonstrate that any solution to the associated evolutionary problem, not necessarily radially symmetric, converges to a unique radially symmetric steady state.
Learning to Optimally Stop Diffusion Processes, with Financial Applications
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16:00
Hard Unknot Diagrams and Arc Presentations
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13:00
A chaotic introduction to Lyapunov exponents
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Strong chaos, the butterfly effect, is a ubiquitous phenomenon in physical systems. In quantum mechanical systems, one of the diagnostics of quantum chaos is an out-of-time-order correlation function, related to the commutator of operators separated in time. In this talk we will review the work of Maldacena, Shenker and Stanford (arxiv:1503.01409), who conjectured that the influence of chaos on this correlator can develop no faster than exponentially, with Lyapunov exponent λL ≤ 2πkBT/\hbar. We will then discuss a system that displays a maximal Lyapunov exponent: the SYK model.