The Department of Applied Mathematics is pleased to host this series of colloquium lectures, funded in part by a generous gift from the Boeing Company. This series will bring to campus prominent applied mathematicians from around the world.
Name: Tadashi Tokieda (Stanford University)
Date: April 21st, 2022
Location: Smith 205
Title: Toy models
Abstract: Would you like to come see some toys?
'Toys' here have a special sense: objects of daily life which you can find or make in minutes, yet which, if played with imaginatively, reveal surprises that keep scientists puzzling for a while. We will see table-top demos of many such toys and visit some of the unusual physics and mathematics that they open up. The theme that emerges is singularity.
Youtube: Watch the talk online here.