[CvGmt News] Meeting Announcement

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Sun Mar 30 18:16:55 CEST 2003


Workshop    on    Calculus    of   Variations:   Geometric   Problems,    Superconductivity, and Material Microstructures
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   Fields Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, Canada.

   Workshop    on    Calculus    of   Variations:   Geometric   Problems,
   Superconductivity, and Material Microstructures

   August 25-29, 2003

   Organizing  Committee: S. Alama (McMaster), L. Bronsard (McMaster), R.
   Choksi (Simon Fraser), R. Jerrard (Toronto), R. McCann (Toronto)

   Calculus  of  Varations  is  the traditional meeting point of geometry
   with  physics.  Several of the most exciting avenues of research today
   continue  this  tradition:  geometrical  ideas  are used to understand
   basic  physical  phenomena;  physical  insights  motivate  fundamental
   advances  in  differential  geometry;  nonlinear  partial differential
   equations  pervade  both  fields. This workshop celebrates and exposes
   the   recent  fruits  of  this  interplay,  presenting  a  variety  of
   approaches  to variational problems and differential equations arising
   in  physics  and  geometry.  Topics  are  expected to include: pattern
   formation   in   fluids   and   micromagnetics,   geometric  problems,
   morphologies  of copolymers, vortices in superconductors, superfluids,
   and  magnetic materials. In addition to invited lectures, time will be
   set   aside  for  informal  discussions  and  presentations  by  young
   researchers.

   The  conference  takes  place  as  part  of  the 2003-04 Theme Year in
   Partial  Differential  Equations  hosted  by  the Fields Institute for
   Mathematical Sciences in Toronto, Canada.

   Invited  Speakers  Include:  Amandine  Aftalion  (Paris  VI), Giovanni
   Alberti  (Pisa),  Patricia  Baumann  (Purdue), *Fabrice Bethuel (Paris
   VI), Yann Brenier (Nice), *Haim Brezis (Paris VI
   Rutgers),  Camillo de Lellis (MPI Leipzig), Georg Dolzmann (Maryland),
   Gero  Friesecke (Warwick), David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie-Mellon), Felix
   Otto (Bonn), Tristan Rivière (ETH Zurich), Etienne Sandier (Paris-12),
   Sylvia  Serfaty  (Courant  Institute),  Itai Shafrir (Technion), Peter
   Sternberg (Indiana), Michael Struwe (ETH Zurich), Gabriella Tarantello
   (Roma-Tor Vergata)

   * = to be confirmed

   Postdoctoral   and   Graduate   Level   Funding   There   are  funding
   opportunities to participate in this Workshop at both the postdoctoral
   and graduate level, supported by The Fields Institute and the National
   Science Foundation.

   Application  deadline  is June 1, 2003. Applications are available at:
   http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/03-04/pde/variations
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Reference: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/03-04/pde/variations/

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