Singularity Formation in Nonlinear Evolution Equations


A conference in honor of Howard Levine on the occasion of his 60th birthday

Department of Mathematics
Iowa State University
Ames,   IA 50011-2064
June 8-9, 2002



Some Themes of the Conference

  • Singular solutions of systems of partial differential equations
  • Critical exponent phenomena in nonlinear parabolic and hyperbolic equations
  • Effects of damping and convection

Invited Speakers and Titles

  • Catherine Bandle, University of Basel
    Quasilinear Boundary Value Problems with Critical Sobolev Exponents
  • Jerrold Bebernes, University of Colorado
    More Nonlocal Models for Shear Banding
  • Keng Deng, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    On critical exponent for the Schrodinger equation with a nonlinear boundary condition
  • Marek Fila, Comenius University of Bratislava
    Connecting equilibria by blow-up solutions
  • Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta, Canada
    Pattern formation in hyperbolic chemotaxis models
  • Bernhard Kawohl, University of Cologne
    From Mumford-Shah to Perona-Malik
  • James Serrin, University of Minnesota
    Some new results and open problems for quasilinear elliptic equations
  • Brian Sleeman, Leeds University, UK
    Mathematical Models of Angiogenesis: From Microscopic to Macroscopic mechanisms
  • Grozdena Todorova, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Strong instability for higher modes
  • Hans Weinberger, University of Minnesota
    Inward perturbation of a stable ODE system can produce blowup

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