[CvGmt News] Clay Summer school 2008

[Luigi Ambrosio]

Dear Colleague,

This is a call for applications to the upcoming Clay Mathematics Institute
summer school on "*Evolution Equations*" at the Swiss Federal Institute 
of Technology
Zürich, Switzerland /(June 23 - July 18, 2008)/.

Please forward this email to any interested faculty/postdoctoral
researchers or graduate students at your institution.
The *deadline for applications is Friday, February 15, 2008.*

Funding is available to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
(within 5 years of their PhD). Standard support amounts will include
funds for local expenses and accommodation plus economy travel.

I have included a brief summary of the school below. Applicants should 
send the completed
application form and required documents to CMI by February 15, 2008.
Applications will be accepted by standard mail, email, or fax.

For more information and an application form, please visit

http://www.claymath.org/programs/summer_school/2008/

or e-mail "summerschool at claymath.org <mailto:summerschool at claymath.org>".

Kindest regards,

David Alexandre Ellwood
Research Director
Clay Mathematics Institute
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One Bow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617.995.2600
Fax: 617.995.2660
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*Summer School Program Description*

The Clay Mathematics Institute (CMI) Summer School on *Evolution 
Equations* will be held at the *Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 
ETH-Zürich, Switzerland* from* June 23 - July 18, 2008*.

Designed for graduate students and postdocs, the program will focus on 
recent progress in the theory of evolution equations.
Such equations lie at the heart of many areas of mathematical physics, 
arising not only in situations with a manifest time evolution (such as 
linear and nonlinear wave and Schrödinger equations) but also in the high
energy or semi-classical limits of elliptic problems. Mathematical 
problems as diverse as:
• stability and singularity formation in relativity
• mathematical theory of black holes
• existence and blow-up of solutions to nonlinear Schrödinger equations
• semi-classical asymptotics of quantum-mechanical energy states
• quantum many body scattering theory
All turn out to be susceptible to analysis by a remarkably unified set of
techniques. The first three weeks of the school will consist of three 
parallel
courses introducing these techniques together with some applications.
The fourth week will consist of mini-courses focusing on more advanced 
topics.

*Foundational Courses*

Microlocal Analysis, Spectral and Scattering Theory
(Jared Wunsch, Rafe Mazzeo)

The Theory of the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation
(Gigliola Staffilani, Pierre Raphaël)

Wave Equation and Evolution Problems in General Relativity
(Igor Rodnianski, Mihalis Dafermos)

*Mini-Course lecturers* include Benjamin Schlein, Michael Struwe, András 
Vasy, Monica Visan, and others.

*Funding is available* to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who 
are within five years of receipt of their Ph.D. Standard support amounts 
will include funds for local expenses and accommodation plus economy 
travel.

For more information and an application form, please visit

http://www.claymath.org/programs/summer_school/2008/

or e-mail "summerschool at claymath.org <mailto:summerschool at claymath.org>".

David Alexandre Ellwood

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Director of Research
Clay Mathematics Institute
One Bow Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Email: ellwood at claymath.org <mailto:ellwood at claymath.org>
Tel: 617.995.2600
Fax: 617.995.2610


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