Analysis Seminar

Date:
Apr
02
2013

Analysis Seminar

Resonances for Normally Hyperbolic Trapped Sets
Semyon Dyatlov
3:15pm|S-101

Resonances are complex analogs of eigenvalues for Laplacians on noncompact manifolds, arising in long time resonance expansions of linear waves. We prove a Weyl type asymptotic formula for the number of resonances in a strip, provided that the set...

Mar
26
2013

Analysis Seminar

Partial Regularity of Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations in High Dimensions
3:15pm|S-101

I will discuss some recent results on partial regularity of solutions to the 4D non-stationary Navier-Stokes equations and the 6D stationary Navier-Stokes equations.

Mar
19
2013

Analysis Seminar

Dynamics of Gibbs Measure Evolution for the Radial Nonlinear Schr\"odinger and Wave Equations on the Ball
3:15pm|S-101

In this talk, we present recent works with Jean Bourgain on global well-posedness for the radial nonlinear Schr\"odinger and wave equations set on the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^N$ with supercritical data chosen randomly in the support of the...

Feb
19
2013

Analysis Seminar

New Approximations of the Total Variation, and Filters in Image Processing
Haim Brezis
3:15pm|S-101

I will present new results concerning the approximation of the BV-norm by nonlocal, nonconvex, functionals. The original motivation comes from Image Processing. Numerous problems remain open. The talk is based on a joint work with H.-M. Nguyen.

Feb
01
2013

Analysis Seminar

Large Data Dynamics for Nonlinear Dispersive PDEs
3:30pm|S-101

We will discuss recent work on wave evolutions for large data. Particular emphasis will be placed on concentration compactness ideas. Amongst others, we will describe a result for wave equations from R^3 minus the unit ball into the sphere S^3 where...

Jan
29
2013

Analysis Seminar

Toeplitz Matrices and Determinants Under the Impetus of the Ising Model
Percy Deift
3:15pm|S-101

This is the second of two talks in which the speaker will discuss the development of the theory of Toeplitz matrices and determinants in response to questions arising in the analysis of the Ising model of statistical mechanics. The first talk will...

Jan
22
2013

Analysis Seminar

Sphere Packing Bounds Via Spherical Codes
Henry Cohn
4:30pm|S-101

We develop a simple geometric variant of the Kabatiansky-Levenshtein approach to proving sphere packing density bounds. This variant gives a small improvement to the best bounds known in Euclidean space (from 1978) and an exponential improvement in...

Jan
22
2013

Analysis Seminar

Hamiltonian Evolution Equations -- Where They Come From, What They Are Good For
Juerg Froehlich
3:15pm|S-101

Several examples of Hamiltonian evolution equations for systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom are presented. It is sketched how these equations can be derived from some underlying quantum dynamics ("mean-field limit") and what kind of...

Jan
15
2013

Analysis Seminar

Dispersive Estimates for Schroedinger's Equation with a Time-Dependent Potential
3:15pm|S-101

I present some new dispersive estimates for Schroedinger's equation with a time-dependent potential, together with applications.

Dec
07
2012

Analysis Seminar

Nonlinear Long-Range Resonant Scattering and Kink Dynamics
Avy Soffer
3:15pm|S-101

We study the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation, in one dimension, with a qudratic term and variable coefficient qubic term. This equation arises from the asymptotic stability theory of the kink solution.Our main result is the global existence and...