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Erc Projects

• Geometric Measure Theory in non Euclidean spaces (Luigi Ambrosio) > papers
• Quasistatic and Dynamic Evolution Problems in Plasticity and Fracture (Gianni Dal Maso)
• Analytic Techniques for Geometric and Functional Inequalities (Nicola Fusco)
• Vectorial Elliptic, Parabolic and Variational Problems: Singularities and Regularity (Giuseppe Mingione)
• Analysis of Optimal Sets and Optimal Constants: Old Questions and New Results (Aldo Pratelli)
• Mathematics for Shape Memory Technologies in Biomechanics (Ulisse Stefanelli)

Open Positions

• Post doc position on Evolution Problems in Plasticity and Fracture (deadline: 6 Feb 2015)
• PhD position in Applied Analysis at the University of Bath (deadline: 13 Feb 2015)
• Postdoc Position in Münster (deadline: 31 Mar 2015)

Forthcoming Seminars

• 11 Feb 2015: A. Carlotto: Variations on the Bernstein problem in asymptotically flat spaces

Forthcoming Events

• 23 Feb - 15 May 2015: Intensive Period on "Variational Methods for Plasticity and Dislocations" SISSA, Trieste, Italy
• 23 - 27 Feb 2015: Winter School & Workshop: New developments in Optimal Transport, Geometry and Analysis Universität Bonn - HIM
• 2 - 5 Mar 2015: Flow(ers) and Friends in Frankfurt (a workshop on Geometric Analysis) Frankfurt
• 4 - 6 Mar 2015: Mini-courses and workshop on Geometric Analysis in the Heisenberg group Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna
• 23 - 27 Mar 2015: GAMM 86th Annual Meeting Lecce
• 1 Apr - 30 Jun 2015: Trimester "Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces" in Madrid ICMAT, Madrid, Spain
• 18 - 29 May 2015: Calculus of Variations and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations University of Texas at Austin
• 15 - 19 Jun 2015: Eighth Summer School in Analysis and Applied Mathematics Dipartimento di Matematica - Sapienza Università di Roma
• 15 Jun - 3 Jul 2015: Summer school "Geometric Measure Theory and Calculus of Variations: Theory and Applications" Institut Fourier, Grenoble
• 17 - 19 Jun 2015: Espalia 2015 Rome - Sapienza, Universita' di Roma
• 1 - 3 Jul 2015: Trends in Non-Linear Analysis 2015 SISSA, Trieste, Italy
• 20 - 24 Jul 2015: Summer school on Nonlinear PDE's and applications to Image Analysis. A scientific tribute to Vicent Caselles. Centre de Recerca Matemàtica​​​, Barcelona
• 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2015: PDE 2015 -- Theory and applications of partial differential equations Berlin

Recently Added Papers

• M. Barchiesi - G. Lazzaroni - C. I. Zeppieri (Preprint)
  A bridging mechanism in the homogenisation of brittle composites with soft inclusions (2015)
• M. Caroccia (Preprint)
  The optimal partition problem for p-Laplacian eigenvalues as p goes to one (2015)
• P. Bousquet - L. Brasco (Preprint)
  Global Lipschitz continuity for minima of degenerate problems (2015)
• L. Bufford - E. Davoli - I. Fonseca (Preprint)
  Multiscale Homogenization in Kirchhoff's nonlinear plate theory (2015)
• D. Bucur - A. Giacomini (Submitted Paper)
  Shape optimization problems with Robin conditions on the free boundary (2015)
• T. Schmidt (Habilitation Thesis)
  BV Minimizers of Variational Integrals: Existence, Uniqueness, Regularity (2015)
• A. Magni (Preprint: Oberwolfach Reports)
  Variational analysis of an Allen--Cahn action functional (2015)
• L. Lussardi - M. Roger (Submitted Paper)
  Gamma convergence of a family of surface-director bending energies with small tilt (2015)

Recently Modified Papers

• L. Ambrosio - A. Carlotto - A. Massaccesi
  Lecture Notes on Partial Differential Equations (2010)
• M. Bardi - A. Cesaroni - D. Ghilli (Accepted Paper: Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst.)
  Large deviations for some fast stochastic volatility models by viscosity methods (2015)
• L. Brasco - E. Parini (Submitted Paper)
  The second eigenvalue of the fractional $p-$Laplacian (2014)
• E. Paolini - E. Stepanov - Y. Teplitskaya (Adv. Calc. Var.)
  An example of an infinite Steiner tree connecting an uncountable set (2015)
• P. Harms - A. C. G. Mennucci (Comptes rendus - Mathématique)
  Geodesics in infinite dimensional Stiefel and Grassmann manifolds (2012)
• A. C. G. Mennucci (chapter in a book: Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
  Metrics of curves in shape optimization and analysis (2013)
• A. Ponosov - E. Stepanov (St. Petersburg Math. J)
  Atomic operators, random dynamical systems and invariant measures (2014)
• L. Ambrosio (Submitted Paper)
  Regularity theory for mass-minimizing currents (after Almgren-De Lellis-Spadaro) (2015)
• M. Cicalese - F. Solombrino (Accepted Paper: Journal of Nonlinear Science)
  Frustrated ferromagnetic spin chains: a variational approach to chirality transitions (2014)
• P. Baroni - T. Kuusi - G. Mingione (J. Fixed Point Theory Appl. )
  Borderline gradient continuity of minima (2014)
• E. Davoli - M. G. Mora (Accepted Paper: Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations)
  Stress regularity for a new quasistatic evolution model of perfectly plastic plates (2014)
• E. Davoli - G. A. Francfort (Accepted Paper: SIAM Journal of Mathematical Analysis)
  A critical revisiting of finite elasto-plasticity (2014)
• L. Ambrosio - G. Crippa (Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A)
  Continuity equations and ODE flows with non-smooth velocity (2014)
• J. Matias - M. Morandotti - P. M. Santos (Accepted Paper: Applied Mathematics and Optimization)
  Homogenization of functionals with linear growth in the context of $\mathcal{A}$-quasiconvexity (2015)
• T. Blass - I. Fonseca - G. Leoni - M. Morandotti (Accepted Paper: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics)
  Dynamics for Systems of Screw Dislocations (2015)
• M. Colombo - G. Mingione (Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. )
  Regularity for double phase variational problems (2015)