Seminars and Colloquia by Series

Energy identity for a sequence of Sacks-Uhlenbeck maps to a sphere

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PDE Seminar
Time
Friday, February 10, 2017 - 14:05 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Jiayu Li – University of Science and Technology of China –
For a map u from a Riemann surface M to a Riemannian manifold and a>1, the a-energy functional is defined as E_a(u)=\int_M |\nabla u|^{2a}dx. We call u_a a sequence of Sacks-Uhlenbeck maps if u_a is a critical point of E_a, and sup_{a>1} E_a(u_a)<\infty. In this talk, when the target manifold is a standard sphere S^K, we prove the energy identity for a sequence of Sacks-Uhlenbeck maps during blowing up.

Dynamics and Analysis of some Degenerate 4th order PDEs related to crystal evolution

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 15:05 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Jeremy Marzuola – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill –
We discuss the derivation and analysis of a family of 4th order nonlinear PDEs that arise in the study of crystal evolution. This is joint work with Jon Weare, Jianfeng Lu, Dio Margetis, Jian-Guo Liu and Anya Katsevich.

Gradient flow techniques and applications to collective dynamics

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 15:05 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Javier Morales – UT-Austin –
I will discuss applications of the theory of gradient flows to the dynamics of evolution equations. First, I will review how to obtain convergence rates towards equilibrium in the strictly convex case. Second, I will introduce a technique developed in collaboration with Moon-Jin Kang that allows one to obtain convergence rates towards equilibrium in some situations where convexity is not available. Finally, I will describe how these techniques were useful in the study of the dynamics of homogeneous Vicsek model and the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi equation. The contributions on the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi equation are based on a joint work with Seung-Yeal Ha, Young-Heon Kim, and Jinyeong Park. The contributions to the Vicsek model are based on works in collaboration with Alessio Figalli and Moon-Jin Kang.

Variational inequalities and mean-field games

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 15:05 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Diogo Gomes – KAUST –
We consider stationary monotone mean-field games (MFGs) and study the existence of weak solutions. We introduce a regularized problem that preserves the monotonicity and prove the existence of solutions to the regularized problem. Next, using Minty's method, we establish the existence of solutions for the original MFGs. Finally, we examine the properties of these weak solutions in several examples.

Classification of Resonant Rossby Wave Triads

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Gene Kopp – University of Michigan –
Linear wave solutions to the Charney-Hasegawa-Mima equation with periodic boundary conditions have two physical interpretations: Rossby (atmospheric) waves, and drift (plasma) waves in a tokamak. These waves display resonance in triads. In the case of infinite Rossby deformation radius, the set of resonant triads may be described as the set of integer solutions to a particular homogeneous Diophantine equation, or as the set of rational points on a projective surface. We give a rationalparametrization of the smooth points on this surface, answering the question: What are all resonant triads, and how may they be enumerated quickly? We also give a fiberwise description, yielding an algorithmic procedure to answer the question: For fixed $r \in \Q$, what are all wavevectors $(x,y)$ that resonate with a wavevector $(a,b)$ with $a/b = r$?

On the classical-quantum correspondence for non-self-adjoint Hamiltonians given by degree-2 complex-valued polynomials

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 005
Speaker
Prof. Joe Viola – University of Nantes, France
Abstract: Abstract: Let p(x,xi) be a complex-valued polynomial of degree 2 on R^{2n}, and let P be the corresponding non-self-adjoint Weyl quantization. We will discuss some results on the relationship between the classical Hamilton flow exp(H_p) and the L^2 operator theory for the Schrödinger evolution exp(-iP), under a positivity condition of Melin and Sjöstrand.

Global existence for quasilinear wave equations close to Schwarzschild

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Prof. Mihai Tohaneanu – University of Kentucky –
We study the quasilinear wave equation $\Box_{g} u = 0$, where the metric $g$ depends on $u$ and equals the Schwarzschild metric when u is identically 0. Under a couple of assumptions on the metric $g$ near the trapped set and the light cone, we prove global existence of solutions. This is joint work with Hans Lindblad.

The relativistic dynamics of an electron coupled with a classical nucleus

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Prof. Anne-Sophie de Suzzoni – University Paris XIII –
This talk is about the Dirac equation. We consider an electron modeled by awave function and evolving in the Coulomb field generated by a nucleus. Ina very rough way, this should be an equation of the form$$i\partial_t u = -\Delta u + V( \cdot - q(t)) u$$where $u$ represents the electron while $q(t)$ is the position of thenucleus. When one considers relativitic corrections on the dynamics of anelectron, one should replace the Laplacian in the equation by the Diracoperator. Because of limiting processes in the chemistry model from whichthis is derived, there is also a cubic term in $u$ as a correction in theequation. What is more, the position of the nucleus is also influenced bythe dynamics of the electron. Therefore, this equation should be coupledwith an equation on $q$ depending on $u$.I will present this model and give the first properties of the equation.Then, I will explain why it is well-posed on $H^2$ with a time of existencedepending only on the $H^1$ norm of the initial datum for $u$ and on theinitial datum for $q$. The linear analysis, namely the properties of thepropagator of the equation $i\partial_t u = D u + V( \cdot - q(t))$ where$D$ is the Dirac operator is based on works by Kato, while the non linearanalysis is based on a work by Cancès and Lebris.It is possible to have more than one nucleus. I will explain why.(Joint work with F. Cacciafesta, D. Noja and E. Séré)

Some Properties of Effective Hamiltonians

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Prof. Yifeng Yu – Universtiy of California, Irvine –
A major open problem in periodic homogenization of Hamilton-Jacobi equations is to understand deep properties of the effective Hamiltonian. In this talk, I will present some related works in both convex and non-convex situations. If time permits, relevant problems from applications in turbulent combustion and traffic flow will also be discussed.

A min-max formula for Lipschitz operators that satisfy the global comparison principle.

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PDE Seminar
Time
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 15:00 for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 006
Speaker
Professor Russell Schwab – Michigan State University –
We investigate Lipschitz maps, I, mapping $C^2(D) \to C(D)$, where $D$ is an appropriate domain. The global comparison principle (GCP) simply states that whenever two functions are ordered in D and touch at a point, i.e. $u(x)\leq v(x)$ for all $x$ and $u(z)=v(z)$ for some $z \in D$, then also the mapping I has the same order, i.e. $I(u,z)\leq I(v,z)$. It has been known since the 1960’s, by Courr\`{e}ge, that if I is a linear mapping with the GCP, then I must be represented as a linear drift-jump-diffusion operator that may have both local and integro-differential parts. It has also long been known and utilized that when I is both local and Lipschitz it will be a min-min over linear and local drift-diffusion operators, with zero nonlocal part. In this talk we discuss some recent work that bridges the gap between these situations to cover the nonlinear and nonlocal setting for the map, I. These results open up the possibility to study Dirichlet-to-Neumann mappings for fully nonlinear equations as integro-differential operators on the boundary. This is joint work with Nestor Guillen.

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