Previous Conferences & Workshops

Mar
27
2012

Analysis Seminar

Formation of Singularities in Fluid Interfaces
Charles Fefferman
2:00pm|S-101

The interface between water and vacuum (governed by the "water wave equation"), and the interface between oil and water in sand (governed by the "Muskat equation") can develop singularities in finite time. Joint work with A. Castro, D. Cordoba, F...

Mar
27
2012

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar II

Higher-Order Cheeger Inequalities
10:30am|S-101

A basic fact of algebraic graph theory is that the number of connected components in an undirected graph is equal to the multiplicity of the eigenvalue zero in the Laplacian matrix of the graph. In particular, the graph is disconnected if and only...

Mar
26
2012

Computer Science/Discrete Mathematics Seminar I

Hardness of Randomized Truthful Mechanisms for Combinatorial Auctions
11:15am|S-101

The problem of combinatorial auctions is one of the basic questions in algorithmic mechanism design: how can we allocate/sell m items to n agents with private valuations of different combinations of items, so that the agents are motivated to reveal...

Mar
22
2012

Working Group on Arnold Diffusion

Arnold Diffusion via Normally Hyperbolic Invariant Cylinders and Mather Variational Method, Part IV
11:00am|S-101

In 1964 Arnold constructed an example of instabilities for nearly integrable systems and conjectured that generically this phenomenon takes place. There has been big progress attacking this conjecture in the past decade. Jointly with Ke Zhang we...

Mar
22
2012

Working Group on Arnold Diffusion

Arnold Diffusion via Normally Hyperbolic Invariant Cylinders and Mather Variational Method, Part III
10:00am|S-101

In 1964 Arnold constructed an example of instabilities for nearly integrable systems and conjectured that generically this phenomenon takes place. There has been big progress attacking this conjecture in the past decade. Jointly with Ke Zhang we...

Mar
21
2012

Working Group on Symplectic Dynamics

An Instability Mechanism Along the Mean Motion Resonances in the Restricted Three Body Problem
4:00pm|S-101

We consider the Restricted Planar Elliptic 3 Body Problem, which models the Sun, Jupiter and an Asteroid (which we assume that has negligible mass). We take a realistic value of the mass ratio between Jupiter and the Sun and their eccentricity...

Mar
21
2012

Symplectic Dynamics Seminar

Arnold Diffusion via Normally Hyperbolic Invariant Cylinders and Mather Variational Method, Part II
2:00pm|S-101

In 1964 Arnold constructed an example of instabilities for nearly integrable systems and conjectured that generically this phenomenon takes place. There has been big progress attacking this conjecture in the past decade. Jointly with Ke Zhang we...