Student Analysis Date:  Thursday, February 28, 2013 Location:  3096 East Hall (5:10 PM to 6:00 PM) Title:  Ill Posed Problems Abstract:   In PDE, a problem consists of one or more partial differential equations along with boundary and/or initial data. A well posed problem has a unique solution that depends continuously on the data in some suitable topology. An ill posed problem is then a problem in which at least one of existence, uniqueness, or continuous dependence fails to hold. Obtaining existence and uniqueness usually means finding the right number of conditions to impose, while obtaining continuous dependence usually means finding the right kinds of conditions to impose. I'll go over some classical examples of ill posed problems demonstrating some different ways things can go badly. The talk will be accessible to those without much knowledge of PDE's. Speaker:  Joe Roberts Institution:  University of Michigan Event Organizer:   Purvi Gupta      Edit this event (login required). Add new event (login required). For access requests and instructions, contact math-webmaster@umich.edu Back to previous page Back to UM Math seminars/events page.