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Speaker: Huy Nguyen, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: May 23, 2024
Title: Proof of the transverse instability of Stokes waves
Abstract: A Stokes wave is a traveling free-surface periodic water wave that is constant in the direction transverse to the direction of propagation. In 1981 McLean discovered via numerical methods that Stokes waves at infinite depth are unstable with respect to… Read more
Professor Randall J. Leveque is recognized by the CSDMS (Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System) for outstanding intellectual leadership in numerical computing and its applications to problems in geophysical fluid mechanics and conservation laws, as well as for major contributions to reproducible computational research and open-source software. … Read more
Speaker: Dmitry Pelinovsky, McMaster University
Date: May 16, 2024
Title: On smooth and peaked traveling waves in a local model for shallow water waves
Abstract: I will describe a new model equation for Stokes gravity waves based on conformal transformations of Euler's equations. The local version of the model equation is relevant for dynamics of shallow water waves. It allows us to characterize the… Read more
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.
Title: Drumlins
Abstract: Drumlins are small rounded hills which occur in swarms, and which are formed under ice sheets. They are ubiquitous in North America and Northern Europe due to the former presence of the great ice… Read more
A congratulatory shout-out to Jonathan Aalto, who has been recognized as a Husky 100 student! The purpose of this program is to recognize the outstanding work and achievements of students on all three University of Washington campuses who are making the most of their Husky Experience.
Jonathan is a double major in Chemistry and Applied Math, and a great exemplar of the quality of all our students. At last year's… Read more
Speaker: Olivia Cannon, University of Minnesota
Date: April 25, 2024
Title: Shifting Parties in Social Dynamics: a Nonlocal Approach
Abstract: The bounded confidence model is well-known for its dynamics of party formation within the sphere of social dynamics. We investigate the addition of bias terms, modeling shifts in opinions, and the resulting dynamics including coherent movement of parties. We analyze… Read more
Speaker: Christian Kharif, Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE/Ecole Centrale Mediterranee)
Date: April 18, 2024
Title: Weakly nonlinear capillary waves on a shear current: Stability and bifurcation
Abstract: The effect of wind blowing above the air-sea interface is twofold: (i) it generates waves that take place within the first millimeters to meters, and (ii) it generates a… Read more
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.
Title: Randomly pivoted Cholesky
Abstract: André-Louis Cholesky entered École Polytechnique as a student in 1895. Around 1910, during his work as a surveyer for the French army, Cholesky invented a technique for solving… Read more
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.
Title: Understanding nonlinear surface water waves on deep water
Abstract: Oceanographers in the 60s conducted an ambitious experiment (1) in which they tracked waves that were generated by large storms near New Zealand… Read more