Penn State University: 1992–93 Session
Time: 4:30 PM, Room: 102 McAllister
SPRING SEMESTER 1993
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past_seminars/cam_colloquium/spring93.dvi(DVI) — 17 talks.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 15 Jan | A. Borhan | Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University | The effect of surfactants on the motion of drops in bounded domains |
| Fri 22 Jan | B. Voight | Dept. of Earth & Mineral Science, Penn State Univ. | Flow phenomena associated with volcanic eruptions |
| Fri 29 Jan | C. Thierry | Dept. of Mathematics, ENS, Cachan, France | Smoothing effects for dispersive equations via a generalized Wigner tramsform |
| Fri 5 Feb | H.Y. Zha | Computer Science Dept., Penn State University | Fast Numerical Algorithms for Solving General Hankel and Toeplitz Linear Systems |
| Fri 12 Feb | J.S. Qin | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | The convergence properties of some simple finite elements for incompressible flows |
| Fri 19 Feb | A. Nachbin | Dept. of Mathematics, New Jersey Inst. of Technology | Stable methods for vortex sheet motion in the presence of surface tension |
| Fri 26 Feb | S.J. Tavener | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Stability of flow in a pipe with a sudden expansion |
| Fri 5 Mar | K.N. Godev | Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University | Equilibrium in nematic liquid crystals: the Leslie-Ericksen model |
| Fri 26 Mar | R.T. Glassey | Department of Mathematics, Indiana University | Landau damping |
| Mon 29 Mar | A. Brandt | Dept. of Applied Math. & Comp. Sci., The Weizman Institute | Multi-resolution (multigrid) and scientific computations |
| Fri 2 Apr | S. Jensen | Dept. of Math., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County | On p and h - p versions of some finite element methods and the stability of first order partial differential operators |
| Fri 9 Apr | M. Shearer | Dept. of Math., North Carolina State Univ. | Travelling-wave solutions of the modified KdV-Burgers equation |
| Fri 16 Apr | V.I. Polezhaev | Head, Inst. for Problems in Mech., Russian Acad. Sci., Moscow | Simulation of crystal growth of gallium arsenide |
| Fri 23 Apr | R. Winther | Institute for Informatics, University of Oslo | Front tracking applied to hyperbolic conservation laws with reaction terms |
| Fri 23 Apr | R.E. Bank | Dept. of Math., Univ. of California San Diego | Title to be announced |
| Thurs 29 Apr | M. Golubitsky | Dept. of Math., Univ. of Houston & Fields Institute, Waterloo | Symmetry and Chaos: Patterns on Average |
| Fri 30 Apr | B.L. Keyfitz | Dept. of Math., Univ. of Houston & Fields Institute, Waterloo | Wave propagation without hyperbolicity: Nonlinear effects and Riemann problems in equations that change type |