Analysis Seminar

Date:
May
04
2016

Analysis Seminar

The minimum modulus problem for covering systems
Robert Hough
4:30pm|S-101

A distinct covering system of congruences is a finite collection of arithmetic progressions to distinct moduli \[ a_i \bmod m_i, 1 m_1 m_2 \cdots m_k \] whose union is the integers. Answering a question of Erdős, I have shown that the least...

Apr
27
2016

Analysis Seminar

On the kinetic Fokker-Planck equation in bounded domains
4:30pm|S-101

I will discuss the Kolmogorov equation, a simplest kinetic Fokker-Planck equation in the presence of boundaries. In the case of an absorbing boundary, I will present the well-posedness theory of classical solutions and Holder continuity of such...

Apr
27
2016

Analysis Seminar

Random data Cauchy theory for some nonlinear wave equations
3:15pm|S-101

In this talk, I will discuss two problems concerning random data Cauchy theory for nonlinear wave equations. The first, based on joint work with Luhrmann, focuses on nonlinear wave equations with defocusing energy-subcritical power-type nonlinearity...

Apr
25
2016

Analysis Seminar

Exponential convergence to the Maxwell distribution of solutions of spatially inhomogenous Boltzmann equations
Gang Zhou
4:00pm|S-101

In this talk I will present a recent proof of a conjecture of C. Villani, namely the exponential convergence of solutions of spatially inhomogenous Boltzmann equations, with hard sphere potentials, to some equilibriums, called Maxwellians.

Apr
19
2016

Analysis Seminar

On the number of nodal domains of toral eigenfunctions
Igor Wigman
4:30pm|S-101

We study the number of nodal domains of toral Laplace eigenfunctions. Following Nazarov-Sodin's results for random fields and Bourgain's de-randomisation procedure we establish a precise asymptotic result for "generic" eigenfunctions. Our main...

Apr
19
2016

Analysis Seminar

Spectral gaps via additive combinatorics
Semyon Dyatlov
3:15pm|S-101

A spectral gap on a noncompact Riemannian manifold is an asymptotic strip free of resonances (poles of the meromorphic continuation of the resolvent of the Laplacian). The existence of such gap implies exponential decay of linear waves, modulo a...

Apr
06
2016

Analysis Seminar

Quantum Yang-Mills theory in two dimensions: exact versus perturbative
Timothy Nguyen
11:00am|S-101

The conventional perturbative approach and the nonperturbative lattice approach are the two standard yet very distinct formulations of quantum gauge theories. Since in dimension two Yang-Mills theory has a rigorous continuum limit of the lattice...

Mar
23
2016

Analysis Seminar

Universality for random matrices beyond mean field models
4:30pm|S-101

The goal of this talk is to explain universality for random band matrices, for band width comparable to the matrix size. Patching of quantum unique ergodicity on successive blocks plays a key role in proving random matrix statistics for such non...

Mar
16
2016

Analysis Seminar

Local eigenvalue statistics for random regular graphs
2:00pm|S-101

I will discuss results on local eigenvalue statistics for uniform random regular graphs. For graphs whose degrees grow slowly with the number of vertices, we prove that the local semicircle law holds at the optimal scale, and that the bulk...

Mar
15
2016

Analysis Seminar

Topology of the set of singularities of viscosity solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation
2:00pm|S-101

We will mainly report on the progress done recently the connectedness properties of the set of non-differentiable points of viscosity solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. To make the lecture accessible to people with no previous knowledge in...