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Energy, Entropy, and Dissipative Dynamics
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Weekly Seminar
Entropy satisfying multi well-balanced schemes for shallow water type systems
François Bouchut (Université Gustave Eiffel, Marne-la-Vallée (France))
Thu, 20 May 2021 • 10:15-11:30h • 10:15 ONLINE coffee, 10:30 talk (access data will be published)
Ringvorlesung
Introduction to Mathematica
Manuel Torrilhon (RWTH Aachen University)
Thu, 27 May 2021 • 10:30-12:00h • ONLINE (access data will be published via newsletter)
Weekly Seminar
On the sticky particle solutions to the pressureless Euler system in general dimension
Sara Daneri (Gran Sasso Science Institute, l'Aquila (Italy))
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 • 10:15-11:30h • 10:15 ONLINE coffee, 10:30 talk (access data will be published)
Weekly Seminar
Trajectorial Otto calculus
Walter Schachermayer (University of Vienna (Austria))
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 • 10:30-11:30h • Pontdriesch 14-16, Room 008 (SeMath)
Weekly Seminar
Regularity for optimal transportation and application to the matching problem
Felix Otto (MPI-MIS, Leipzig (Germany))
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 • 10:30-11:30h • Pontdriesch 14-16, Room 008 (SeMath)
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Weekly Seminar
Fast computations of Wasserstein gradient flows
Flavien Léger (ENS Paris (France))
Thu, 06 May 2021 • 10:15-11:30h • 10:15 ONLINE coffee, 10:30 talk (access data will be published)
Weekly Seminar
Phase-Field Gradient Theory: the geometry of gradient flows and its configuration mechanics
Luis Espath (RWTH Aachen University)
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 • 10:15-11:30h • 10:15 ONLINE coffee, 10:30 talk (access data will be published)
Short Course (ONLINE via ZOOM)
Distributional solutions to mean curvature flow (3/3)
Tim Laux (University of Bonn (Germany))
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 • 10:00-11:30h • ONLINE (access data will be published via newsletter)
Short Course (ONLINE via ZOOM)
Distributional solutions to mean curvature flow (2/3)
Tim Laux (University of Bonn (Germany))
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 • 10:00-11:30h • ONLINE (access data will be published via newsletter)
Short Course (ONLINE via ZOOM)
Distributional solutions to mean curvature flow (1/3)
Tim Laux (University of Bonn (Germany))
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 • 10:00-11:30h • ONLINE (access data will be published via newsletter)
Weekly Seminar
Coupled finite-volume/Monte-Carlo methods for plasma edge simulation in fusion reactors
Giovanni Samaey (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium))
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 • 10:15-11:30h • 10:15 ONLINE coffee, 10:30 talk (access data will be published)
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Publications
No. 2021.05
Optimal algebraic relaxation of "bump-like" solutions of the one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation
S. Biesenbach, R. Schubert, and M. G. Westdickenberg
Subject: Energy-energy-dissipation, nonlinear pde, gradient flow, relaxation rates
No. 2021.04
Non Conservative Products in Fluid Dynamics
R. M. Colombo, G. Guerra, and Y. Holle
Subject: Fluid flows in pipes, non conservative products in balance laws
No. 2021.03
A speed preserving Hilbert gradient flow for generalized integral Menger curvature
J. Knappmann, H. Schumacher, D. Steenebrügge, and H. von der Mosel
Subject: Gradient flow, long time existence, knot energy
No. 2021.02
Coupling of Two Hyperbolic Systems by Solving Half-Riemann Problems
M. Herty, S. Müller, and A. Sikstel
Subject: Linear elastic equations, compressible Euler equations, coupling conditions, coupled Riemann problem, Lax curves
No. 2021.01
On the Analyticity of Critical Points of the Generalized Integral Menger Curvature in the Hilbert Case
D. Steenebrügge and N. Vorderobermeier
Subject: Analyticity, knot energy, generalized integral Menger curvature, method of majorants, fractional Leibniz rule, bootstrapping
No. 2020.21
Simultaneous-approximation-term based boundary discretization for moment equations of rarefied gas dynamics
N. Sarna, H. Kapadia, and M. Torrilhon
Subject: Boltzmann equation, moment equations, entropy stability, stable boundary discretization
No. 2020.20
Convergence Analysis of Grad's Hermite Expansion for Linear Kinetic Equations
N. Sarna, J. Giesselmann, and M. Torrilhon
Subject: Convergence analysis, Grad's expansion, initial boundary value problem, kinetic equations
No. 2020.19
Moment Method for the Boltzmann Equation of Reactive Quaternary Gaseous Mixture
N. Sarna, G. Oblapenko, and M. Torrilhon
Subject: Moment method, reacting flow, rarefied gas, Boltzmann equation
No. 2020.18
Möbius-invariant self-avoidance energies for non-smooth sets in arbitrary dimensions
B. Käfer and H. von der Mosel
Subject: Differential geometry
No. 2020.17
Minimisation problems in ideal magnetohydrodynamics (Ph.D. thesis)
W. Gerner
Subject: Constrained minimisation problems, helicity, magnetohydrodynamics, topological fluid dynamics, topological hydrodynamics
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