PHYSICAL MATHEMAITCS SEMINAR


TOPIC:		SOME MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF HYPERBOLIC FRONT DYNAMICS


SPEAKER:	HORACIO G. ROTSTEIN
		Brandeis University

ABSTRACT:

We study the evolution of fronts for some hyperbolic "bistable"
equations, which are generalization of the Klein-Gordon equation. In
particular the Allen-Cahn equation with memory and the damped
Klein-Gordon equation with quasi-discrete nonlinearities. We present
asymptotically valid equations that govern the evolution of fronts and
analyze the corresponding dynamics.

Joint work with A.A. Nepomnyashchy and A.I. Domoshnitsky,
TECHNION - Isreal Institute of Technology and I. Epstein and A.
Zhabotinsky, Brandeis University.


DATE:		Tuesday, March 14, 2001

TIME:		2:30 PM

LOCATION:	Building 2, Room 338

Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in Room 2-349.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Mathematics
Cambridge, MA  02139