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SUMMARY:The mathematics of pattern formation: a modern view - Chossat\, P 
 (CNRS - Universit de Nice)
DTSTART:20130110T140000Z
DTEND:20130110T150000Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:After the seminal contributions of A. Turing\, G.I. Taylor\, L
 . Landau\, L. Michel in the first half of the past century\, new mathemati
 cal methods have emerged to study the phenomenon of spontaneous pattern fo
 rmation. Decisive progress was made using geometrical methods (M. Golubits
 ky\, I. Stewart) and analytical tools (G. Iooss\, K. Kirchgssner). I shall
  show on examples how this theory\, known as Equivariant Bifurcation Theor
 y\, applies to a variety of problems\, including liquid crystals. I shall 
 also quote some open questions which are still under investigation by math
 ematicians working in these topics.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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