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15:30
14:15
Invariant measures of Markov diffusions and approximations
Abstract
Ergodic Markov processes possess invariant measures. In the case if transition probabilities or SDE coefficients depend on a parameter, it is important to know whether these measures depend regularly on this parameter. Results of this kind will be discussed. Another close topic is whether approximations to Markov diffusions possess ergodic properties similar to those of the limiting processes. Some partial answer to this question will be presented.
15:15
14:15
14:15
The Theoretical Particle Physics seminar: The Split Supersymmetric Standard Model
17:00
Mechanics of Toys<br>
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A special lecture (complete with toys!) of interest to mathematicians at all levels, including unde
16:15
An interior-point method for MPECs based on strictly feasible relaxations
Abstract
An interior-point method for solving mathematical programs with
equilibrium constraints (MPECs) is proposed. At each iteration of the
algorithm, a single primal-dual step is computed from each subproblem of
a sequence. Each subproblem is defined as a relaxation of the MPEC with
a nonempty strictly feasible region. In contrast to previous
approaches, the proposed relaxation scheme preserves the nonempty strict
feasibility of each subproblem even in the limit. Local and superlinear
convergence of the algorithm is proved even with a less restrictive
strict complementarity condition than the standard one. Moreover,
mechanisms for inducing global convergence in practice are proposed.
Numerical results on the MacMPEC test problem set demonstrate the
fast-local convergence properties of the algorithm.
17:00
C*-algebras associated with boundary actions on buildings and their K-theory
17:00
14:45
On the inviscid limit for randomly forced nonlinear PDE
Abstract
I shall talk on recent results on behaviour of solutions of
2D Navier-Stokes Equation (and some other related equations), perturbed by a random force, proportional to the square root of the viscosity. I shall discuss some properties of the solutions, uniform in the viscosity, as well as the inviscid limit.
14:15
Feynman integrals over trajectories in the phase space
Abstract
Hamiltonian Feynman path integrals, or Feynman (path) integrals over
trajectories in the phase space, are values, which some
pseudomeasures, usually called Feynman (pseudo)measures (they are
distributions, in the sense of the Sobolev-Schwartz theory), take on
functions defined on trajectories in the phase space; so such
functions are integrands in the Feynman path integrals. Hamiltonian
Feynman path integrals (and also Feynman path integrals over
trajectories in the configuration space) are used to get some
representations of solutions for Schroedinger type equations. In the
talk one plans to discuss the following problems.
12:00
Unification of couplings in string theory and implications for "realistic" string theory
16:15
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