Penn State University: 1988-89 Session
Time: 4:30 p.m. Room: 117 McAllister
SPRING SEMESTER 1989
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past_seminars/cam_colloquium/spring89.dvi(DVI) — 16 talks.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 13 Jan 89 | C.E. Wayne | Department of Mathematics, PSU | Nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems and nonlinear wave equa- tions |
| Fri 20 Jan 89 | Y. Maday | Lab. d’Analyse Num’erique., Universit’e de P. et M. Curie, Paris | Recent trends in spectral-element discretization |
| Fri 27 Jan 89 | J. Brasseur | Mechanical Eng. Department, PSU | Nonlinear evoultion of the Navier-Stokes equation in Fourier space |
| Fri 3 Feb 89 | S.J. Tavener | Department of Mathematics, PSU | Viscous free-surface flow over a perturbed inclined plane |
| Thu 9 Feb 89 | P. Deift | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences | Hamiltonian Mechanics and the singular value of a matrix |
| Fri 10 Feb 89 | L.L. Pauley | Mechanical Eng. Department, PSU | A numerical study of unsteady flow separation |
| Fri 17 Feb | J. Banavar | Department of Physics, PSU | Molecular dynamics of viscous flows |
| Fri 24 Feb 89 | B. Merriman | Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago | Elementary convergence theorems for particle methods |
| Fri 10 Mar 89 | J.L. Bona | Department of Mathematics, PSU | The formation of singularities in nonlinear wave equations |
| Fri 17 Mar 89 | W. Craig | Dept. of Mathematics, Brown University | Trace identities for Schrödinger operators |
| Fri 24 Mar 89 | No seminar, owing to the Marker Lectures by Professor | — | Stephen Smale. |
| Thu 30 Mar 89 | H. Weiss | Dept. of Mathematics, Caltech | Differentiability and analyticity of topological entropy for Anosov and geodesic flows |
| Fri 30 Mar 89 | R. Slingerland | Department of Geology, PSU | Mathematical modelling of ocean circulation in ancient continental seas |
| Fri 7 Apr 89 | C. Johnson | Dept. of Math., Chalmers Univ. of Tech. | Self-adaptive meshes for finite element methods |
| Thu 13 – Sat 15 Apr 89 | NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN FLUID | — | MECHANICS: a conference in honour of T.B. Benjamin. (This meeting will be held in the Keller Center.) |
| Fri 21 Apr 89 | W.G. Pritchard | Dept. of Mathematics, PSU | Air resistance experienced by runners |