Fri, 06 Mar 2015

10:00 - 11:00
L4

Thales - Optimisation of complex processing systems

Mike Newman
Abstract

The behaviour of complex processing systems is often controlled by large numbers of parameters.  For example, one Thales radar processor has over 2000 adjustable parameters.  Evaluating the performance for each set of parameters is typically time-consuming, involving either simulation or processing of large recorded data sets (or both).  In processing recorded data, the optimum parameters for one data set are unlikely to be optimal for another.

We would be interested in discussing mathematical techniques that could make the process of optimisation more efficient and effective, and what we might learn from a more mathematical approach.

Tue, 03 Feb 2015

15:45 - 16:45
L4

Homological projective duality

Richard Thomas
(Imperial)
Abstract
I will describe a little of Kuznetsov's wonderful theory of Homological projective duality, a generalisation of classical projective duality that relates derived categories of coherent sheaves on different algebraic varieties. I will explain an approach that seems simpler than the original, and some applications that occur in joint work with Addington, Calabrese and Segal.
Tue, 24 Feb 2015

15:45 - 16:45
L4

The exponential map based at a singularity

Daniel Grieser
(Oldenberg)
Abstract
We study isolated singularities of a space embedded in a smooth Riemannian manifold from a differential geometric point of view. While there is a considerable literature on bi-lipschitz invariants of singularities, we obtain a more precise (complete asymptotic) understanding of the metric properties of certain types of singularities. This involves the study of the family of geodesics emanating from the singular point. While for conical singularities this family of geodesics, and the exponential map defined by them, behaves much like in the smooth case, the situation is very different in the case of cuspidal singularities, where the exponential map may fail to be locally injective. We also study a mixed conical-cuspidal case. Our methods involve the description of the geodesic flow as a Hamiltonian system and its resolution by blow-ups in phase space. 
 
This is joint work with Vincent Grandjean.
Tue, 03 Mar 2015

15:45 - 16:45
L4

The closed-open string map for S^1-invariant Lagrangians

Dmitry Tonkonog
(Cambridge)
Abstract

Given a Lagrangian submanifold invariant under a Hamiltonian loop, we partially compute the image of the loop's Seidel element under the closed-open string map into the Hochschild cohomology of the Lagrangian. This piece captures the homology class of the loop's orbits on the Lagrangian and can help to prove that the closed-open map is injective in some examples. As a corollary we prove that $\mathbb{RP}^n$ split-generates the Fukaya category of $\mathbb{CP}^n$ over a field of characteristic 2, and the same for real loci of some other toric  varieties.

Mon, 23 Feb 2015

17:00 - 18:00
L4

A prirori estimates for the relativistic free boundary Euler equations in physical vacuum

Mahir Hadzic
(King's College London)
Abstract
We consider Euler equations on a fixed Lorentzian manifold. The fluid is initially supported on a compact domain and the boundary between the fluid and the vacuum is allowed to move. Imposing the so-called physical vacuum boundary condition, we will explain how to obtain a priori estimates for this problem. In particular, our functional framework allows us to track the regularity of the free boundary. This is joint work with S. Shkoller and J. Speck.
Mon, 18 May 2015

17:00 - 18:00
L4

The Existence Theorems and the Liouville Theorem for the Steady-State Navier-Stokes Problems

Mikhail Korobkov
(Sobolev Institute of Mathematics)
Abstract

In the talk we present a survey of recent results (see [4]-[6]) on the existence theorems for the steady-state Navier-Stokes boundary value problems in the plane and axially symmetric 3D cases for bounded and exterior domains (the so called Leray problem, inspired by the classical paper [8]). One of the main tools is the Morse-Sard Theorem for the Sobolev functions $f\in W^2_1(\mathbb R^2)$ [1] (see also [2]-[3] for the multidimensional case). This theorem guaranties that almost all level lines of such functions are $C^1$-curves besides the function $f$ itself could be not $C^1$-regular.

Also we discuss the recent Liouville type theorem for the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations for  axially symmetric 3D solutions in the absence of swirl (see [1]).

References

  1.  Bourgain J., Korobkov M. V., Kristensen J., On the Morse-Sard property and level sets of Sobolev and BV functions, Rev. Mat. Iberoam.,  29 , No. 1, 1-23  (2013).
  2. Bourgain J., Korobkov M. V., Kristensen J., On the Morse-Sard property and level sets of $W^{n,1}$ Sobolev functions on $\mathbb R^n$, Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal) (Online first 2013).
  3. Korobkov M. V., Kristensen J., On the Morse-Sard Theorem for the sharp case of Sobolev mappings, Indiana Univ. Math. J., 63, No. 6, 1703-1724  (2014).
  4. Korobkov M. V., Pileckas K., Russo R., The existence theorem for steady Navier-Stokes equations in the axially symmetric case, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa Cl. Sci. (5), 14, No. 1, 233-262  (2015).
  5. Korobkov M. V., Pileckas K., Russo R., Solution of Leray's problem for stationary Navier-Stokes equations in plane and axially symmetric spatial domains,  Ann. of Math., 181, No. 2, 769-807  (2015).
  6. Korobkov M. V., Pileckas K., Russo R., The existence theorem for the steady Navier-Stokes problem in exterior axially symmetric 3D domains, 2014, 75 pp., http://arXiv.org/abs/1403.6921.
  7. Korobkov M. V., Pileckas K., Russo R., The Liouville Theorem for the Steady-State Navier-Stokes Problem for Axially Symmetric 3D Solutions in Absence of Swirl, J. Math. Fluid Mech. (Online first 2015).
  8. Leray J., Étude de diverses équations intégrals nonlinéaires et de quelques problèmes que pose l'hydrodynamique, J. Math. Pures Appl., 9, No. 12, 1- 82 (1933).
Mon, 25 May 2015

17:00 - 18:00
L4

ODE solutions for fractional Laplacian equations in conformal geometry

Maria del Mar Gonzalez
(Universitat Polytecnica de Catalunya)
Abstract

We look at the construction of radial metrics with an isolated singularity for the constant fractional curvature equation. This is a semilinear, non-local equation involving the fractional Laplacian, and appears naturally in conformal geometry. 

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