AMS :: Fall Central Sectional Meeting, AMS Special Session

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, December 21, 2018 16:24:47

Associate secretaries:

Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu

Saturday October 20, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Special Session on Aspects of Geometric Mechanics and Dynamics, I
Room 3330, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Anthony M Bloch, University of Michigan
Marta Farre Puiggali, University of Michigan mfarrepu@umich.edu
- 8:30 a.m.
  Orthogonality, Duality, and Variational Principles in Mixed Source Electrical Networks.
  Shuai Wang, Boston University
  John Baillieul*, Boston University
  (1143-93-237)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Poly-Poisson geometry and field theories.
  Ivan Contreras*, Amherst College
  Nicolas Martinez Alba, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  (1143-53-219)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Geometric Optimal Control of a Class of Quantum Systems.
  Domenico D'Alessandro*, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University
  (1143-49-519)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Applications of the inverse problem to the stabilization of controlled Lagrangian systems.
  Marta Farr\'e Puiggal\'{\i}*, University of Michigan
  (1143-49-406)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Geometric theory of flexible and expandable tubes conveying fluid.
  Vakhtang Putkaradze*, Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta
  (1143-74-466)
- 11:00 a.m.
  Dynamics of mechanically coupled nonholonomic systems.
  Scott David Kelly*, UNC Charlotte
  (1143-70-569)

Saturday October 20, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Aspects of Geometric Mechanics and Dynamics, II
Room 3330, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Anthony M Bloch, University of Michigan
Marta Farre Puiggali, University of Michigan mfarrepu@umich.edu
- 2:00 p.m.
  Variational discretizations of gauge field theories using group-equivariant interpolation spaces.
  Melvin Leok*, University of California, San Diego
  (1143-65-527)
- 2:30 p.m.
  Geometry and dynamics.
  Manuel de Leon*, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\'{\i}ficas, CSIC
  (1143-60-532)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Gaussian curvature, gyroscopic effects and the Jacobi fields.
  Mark Levi*, Penn State
  (1143-53-224)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Characterisation of flows using locally convex topologies.
  Andrew D Lewis*, Queen's University
  (1143-34-64)
- 4:00 p.m.
  The Quantum Mechanics of a Molecular "Nanocar".
  Oscar E. Fernandez*, Wellesley College
  (1143-58-82)

Sunday October 21, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Special Session on Aspects of Geometric Mechanics and Dynamics, III
Room 3330, Mason Hall
Organizers:
Anthony M Bloch, University of Michigan
Marta Farre Puiggali, University of Michigan mfarrepu@umich.edu
- 8:00 a.m.
  Metriplectic Dynamics and Reduction.
  P. J. Morrison*, The University of Texas at Austin
  (1143-37-291)
- 8:30 a.m.
  The Lie--Poisson dynamics of $N$ point vortices.
  Tomoki Ohsawa*, The University of Texas at Dallas
  (1143-37-491)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Variational order for forced Lagrangian discrete dynamics.
  David Martin de Diego*, ICMAT, Madrid, Spain
  Rodrigo Takuro Martin de Almagro, ICMAT, Madrid, Spain
  (1143-53-316)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Controlling rigid body attitude via shape change.
  Tanya Schmah*, University of Ottawa
  Cristina Stoica, Wilfrid Laurier University
  (1143-70-512)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Structure-preserving numerical integrators for relaxation oscillators.
  Zhengdao Chen, NYU
  Baranidharan Raman, Washington University in St. Louis
  Ari Stern*, Washington University in St. Louis
  (1143-65-528)