AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:08:51

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Associate secretaries:
W Wistar Comfort, AMS wcomfort@wesleyan.edu

Saturday October 12, 1991, 8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Phase Transitions and/or Front Propagation, I
- 8:00 a.m.
  Mathematical existence of crystal growth with Gibbs-Thomson curvature effects.
  Fred Almgren*, Princeton University
  Lihe Wang, Princeton University
  (868-49-30)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Surface energies and phase transitions.
  Irene Fonseca*, Carnegie Mellon University
  (868-49-80)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Motion by crystalline curvature.
  Jean Taylor*, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  (868-49-38)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Elliptic regularization of motion by mean curvature.
  Tom Ilmanen*, Institute for Advanced Study
  (868-51-122)

Saturday October 12, 1991, 1:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
Special Session on Phase Transitions and/or Front Propagation, II
- 1:45 p.m.
  Dynamical issues for the Cahn-Hilliard equation.
  Paul C. Fife*, University of Utah
  (868-35-55)
- 2:15 p.m.
  Dynamics of the Cahn-Hilliard equation.
  Peter W. Bates*, Brigham Young University
  (868-35-34)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Slow dynamics of spherical fronts for the Cahn-Hilliard equation.
  N. D. Alikakos, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  G. Fusco*, University of Rome, Italy
  (868-35-119)
- 3:15 p.m.
  Slow evolution for the Cahn-Hilliard equation revisited.
  Lia Bronsard*, Carnegie Mellon University
  Danielle Hilhorst, University of Paris, France
  (868-35-36)
- 3:45 p.m.
  On the spectrum of the Cahn-Hilliard operator.
  Nicholas D. Alikakos*, University of Tennessee, Knoxsville and University of Crete, Greece
  Giorgio Fusco, University of Rome, Italy
  (868-35-143)

Sunday October 13, 1991, 7:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Special Session on Phase Transitions and/or Front Propagation, III
- 7:30 a.m.
  Generalized mean curvature motion.
  L. C. Evans*, University of California, Berkeley
  J. Spruck, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  (868-35-74)
- 8:00 a.m.
  Front propogation for reaction diffusion equations.
  G. Barles*, University de Tours, France
  H. M. Soner, Carnegie Mellon University
  P. E. Souganidis, Brown University
  (868-35-33)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Curvature-dependent front propagation with boundary conditions.
  Peter Sternberg*, Indiana University, Bloomington
  (868-35-73)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Convergence of Allen-Cahn equation.
  H. Mete Soner*, Carnegie Mellon University
  (868-35-81)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Models of flame propagation and crystal growth: A differential games approach.
  Pierpaolo Soravia*, Brown University
  (868-35-163)

Sunday October 13, 1991, 1:45 p.m.-3:05 a.m.
Special Session on Phase Transitions and/or Front Propagation, IV
- 1:45 p.m.
  Singular limits of phase field equations: Stefan-type models, and motion by mean curvature.
  G. Caginalp*, University of Pittsburgh
  (868-35-59)
- 2:15 p.m.
  Generation and propagation of interfaces for reaction-diffusion equations and systems.
  Xinfu Chen*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  (868-35-11)
- 2:45 p.m.
  Delayed oscillation phenomena.
  Jianzhong Su*, University of Texas, Arlington
  (868-35-49)

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