Previous Conferences & Workshops

Oct
23
2012

Analysis Seminar

The Strauss Conjecture on Black Holes
Mihai Tohaneanu
3:15pm|S-101

The Strauss conjecture for the Minkowski spacetime in three dimensions states that the semilinear equation \[\Box u=|u|^p,\ u(0) =\epsilon f,\ \partial_t u(0) = \epsilon g\] has a global solution for all $f$ and$g$ smooth, compactly supported and $...

Oct
22
2012

Members’ Seminar

Algebraic K-Theory Via Binary Complexes
Daniel Grayson
2:00pm|S-101

Quillen's higher K-groups, defined in 1971, paved the way for motivic cohomology of algebraic varieties. Their definition as homotopy groups of combinatorially constructed topological spaces initially seems abstract and inaccessible. In this talk...

Oct
19
2012

Joint IAS/Princeton University Symplectic Geometry Seminar

On the Symplectic Invariance of log Kodaira Dimension
4:30pm|Fine Hall 322

Every smooth affine variety has a natural symplectic structure coming from some embedding in complex Euclidean space. This symplectic form is a biholomorphic invariant. An important algebraic invariant of smooth affine varieties is log Kodaira...

Oct
19
2012

Analysis Seminar

Uniqueness and Nondegeneracy of Ground States for Non-Local Equations
Rupert Frank
3:15pm|S-101

We consider the non-local and non-linear equation $(-\Delta)^sQ+Q-Q^{\alpha+1}= 0$ involving the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^s$ with $0 < s <1$. We prove uniqueness of energy minimizing solutions for the optimal range of $\alpha$'s. As a technical key result, we show that the associated linearized operator is nondegenerate, in the sense that its kernel is spanned by $\nabla Q$. This solves an open problem posed by Weinstein and by Kenig, Martel and Robbiano.

The talk is based on joint work with E. Lenzmann and L. Sylvestre.