Apr
13
Symmetry Studies
Description Abstract In this seminar I will outline the theory and methods of symmetry studies, including the notions of structured data and data reduction by symmetrically equivalent components. I...
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Apr
11
Smoluchowski Equations
SpeakerPeter ConstantinDepartment of Mathematics, University of Chicagohttp://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~const/ Description Smoluchowski equations describe the interaction between a Newtonian fluid and...
Apr
4
Risk-Neutral Option Pricing for Jump-Diffusion Processes
SpeakerFloyd B. HansonDepartment of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicagohttp://homepages.math.uic.edu/~hanson/ Description A reduced European call option...
Mar
28
Chaotic Dynamics in the Three-body Problem: with Applications to Space Mission Design
Speaker Marian Gidea http://www.neiu.edu/~mgidea/ Description We present a numerical method to compute and classify homoclinic / heteroclinic connections in the restricted three-body problem. We...
Mar
28
Turbulent Mixing and Beyond
Description Abstract Whenever fluids of different densities are accelerated against the density gradient we observe the development of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI), which causes extensive...
Mar
21
Scattered Node Finite Difference-Type Formulas Generated from Radial Basis Functions
SpeakerGrady WrightDepartment of Mathematics, University of Utahhttp://math.boisestate.edu/~wright/ Description In the finite difference (FD) method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs)...
Mar
11
Pattern Detection for Point Processes
Description Abstract To understand how the brain processes information, it is often necessary to search for neural activity that exhibits certain patterns. This is in particular important for the...
Mar
7
VODE_F90, a Revision of VODE in Fortran 90
Description VODE_F90 is a software package for solving systems of first-order ordinary differential equations based on VODE. It has features of its Fortran 77 predecessor as well as some new ones...