Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics Seminar

University of Michigan

Fall 2004
Monday, 29 November, 3:10-4:00pm, 3096 East Hall

Computations of Multivalued Solutions of Nonlinear PDEs

Shi Jin

University of Wisconsin-Madison


Abstract

Many physical problems arising from high frequency waves, dispersive waves or Hamiltonian systems require the computations of multivalued solutions which cannot be described by the viscosity methods. In this talk I will review several recent numerical methods for such problems, including the moment methods, kinetic equations and a level set method. Applications to the semiclassical Schroedinger equation and Euler-Piosson equations with applications to modulated electron beams in Klystrons will be discussed.