From: Brenda Sue Cook (brenda@math.missouri.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 13:07:22 CST
Colloquium (Please note day and room change)
Department of Mathematics
Jerry Bona
(The University of Illinois at Chicago)
The Role of Solitary Waves in the Asymptotics of Nonlinear Dispersive
Wave Equations
Abstract: Solitary waves are rigorously known to play a distinguished
role in the long-time evolution of solutions of the famous Korteweg -
de Vries equation. The present discussion is centered around
exploring in what ways this state of affairs carries over to much
more general evolution equations. After a review of older results,
we aim to discuss some of the more recent theory. It will appear
that after a lot of effort by a considerable cadre of scientists, we
are still far from a serious understanding of why solitary waves are
so ubiquitous in situations featuring nonlinearity and dispersion.
Wednesday, February 13
3:30p.m.
210 Strickland (GCB)
Refreshments will be served at 3:00 p.m.
in Room 326 Mathematical Sciences (Math Lounge).
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