| Francisco Sayas, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware | Francisco Sayas, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware | Gore 104 | Title: The mathematical and numerical life of the single layer potential, from
Coulomb to Huygens
Abstract: I will offer a light introduction (with many formulas, but barely any
theorems) to the ideas behind the theory of layer potentials to represent
the solutions of several well known PDEs. With origins well rooted in
electrostatics, charge distributions on the surface of a conductor become
mathematical entities that can be transferred to domains where they have no
physical meaning, while they are still useful for computation. I will
describe the work of my team in trying to reveal mathematical properties of
discrete layer potentials and their applications to several problems in
acoustics, elastodynamics, and electromagnetism. | 5/5/2017 7:30:00 PM | 5/5/2017 9:30:00 PM | False | |
| Michael Vogelius, Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation | Michael Vogelius, Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation | Gore 104 | Small inhomogeneities and uniform expansions applications to
enhanced detectability and approximate invisibility.
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In this talk I shall give a survey of some older results and a
discussion of some newer results concerning the perturbative effects of small inhomogeneities on the electromagnetic fields. I shall relate these results to enhanced imaging as well as to approximate cloaking, the latter by use of so-called (singular) mapping techniques.
| 3/17/2017 7:30:00 PM | 3/17/2017 9:30:00 PM | False | |
| Jungeun Park | Jungeun Park | Gore 104 | Examining Teaching and Learning of Calculus through Student and Expert Discourse
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This talk will take a comprehensive look at how the derivative is addressed in University calculus courses by examining how it is presented and discussed by textbooks, instructors, and students. Taking a Sfardian approach, we will examine how words and visuals are used by these three different groups when discusisng the derivative. This will give us a detailed view of how students think about the derivative and how this differs from how experts discuss the concept. Furthermore, our analysis will show that instructors and textbooks do not explicitly address mathematical aspects of the derivative that students have difficulty understanding. For example, we will see that students have difficulties appreciating the relation between the derivative at a point and the derivative as a function on an interval while instructors and textbooks often leave the transition implicit and do not provide visuals to help students think about the relation.
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Reception to follow in Ewing 536 at 4:30 p.m. | 2/17/2017 8:30:00 PM | 2/17/2017 9:30:00 PM | False | |
| David Bellamy, University of Delaware | David Bellamy, University of Delaware | 103 Gore Hall |
<div dir="LTR"><font color="#282828" face="Arial">Title:</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font><font color="#282828" face="Arial">Tree-Likeness and the Fixed Point Property</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font></div>
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<font color="#282828" face="Arial">Abstract:</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font><br>
<font color="#282828" face="Arial">I am going to discuss briefly the historical context of the relationship between tree-likeness of compact metric continua and the fixed point property. This was mostly attempts to prove the conjecture that tree-like continua have the fixed point property. The beginnings go back to the 1930's, at least.Several special cases were proven over the years, narrowing the possibilities for what a counterexample would have to look like.</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font><br>
<font color="#282828" face="Arial">Then I will discuss, in outline at least, the first counterexample to this conjecture which I constructed in the late 1970's. Pictures, which may be helpful, will be included.</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font><br>
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<font color="#282828" face="Arial">If time and audience interest permit, I will describe a little of what others have done since.</font><font color="#282828" face="Arial"> </font></div>
| 12/2/2016 8:30:00 PM | 12/2/2016 9:30:00 PM | False | |
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