Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, March 15-21, 1990

This volume contains the proceedings of the 1999 International Conference on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics. The contributions selected for this volume represent some of the most important presentations by scholars from around the world on developments in this area of research. The papers cover topics in the general area of linear and nonlinear differential equations and their relation to mathematical physics, such as multiparticle Schrödinger operators, stability of matter, relativity theory, fluid dynamics, spectral and scattering theory including inverse problems. Titles in this series are co-published with International Press, Cambridge, MA.

The meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, provided a forum for the discussion of recent developments in the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, both linear and non-linear, with particular reference to work relating to the equations of mathematical physics. The meeting was attended by about 250 mathematicians from 22 countries. The papers in this volume all involve new research material, with at least outline proofs; some papers also contain survey material. Topics covered include: Schrödinger theory, scattering and inverse scattering, fluid mechanics (including conservative systems and inertial manifold theory attractors), elasticity, non-linear waves, and feedback control theory.

200 mathematicians from four continents attended the conference of Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics in Alabama, USA. Among the fields discussed were ordinary, partial, intergrated and non-linear differential equations and their applications to mathematical physics.

This volume forms a record of the lectures given at this International Conference. Under the general heading of the equations of mathematical physics, contributions are included on a broad range of topics in the theory and applications of ordinary and partial differential equations, including both linear and non-linear equations. The topics cover a wide variety of methods (spectral, theoretical, variational, topological, semi-group), and a equally wide variety of equations including the Laplace equation, Navier-Stokes equations, Boltzmann's equation, reaction-diffusion equations, Schroedinger equations and certain non-linear wave equations. A number of papers are devoted to multi-particle scattering theory, and to inverse theory. In addition, many of the plenary lectures contain a significant amount of survey material on a wide variety of these topics.

This volume presents the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics. It contains 29 research and survey papers contributed by conference participants. The conference provided researchers a forum to present and discuss their recent results in a broad range of areas encompassing the theory of differential equations and their applications in mathematical physics. Papers in this volume represent some of the most interesting results and the major areas of research that were covered, including spectral theory with applications to non-relativistic and relativistic quantum mechanics, including time-dependent and random potential, resonances, many body systems, pseudodifferential operators and quantum dynamics, inverse spectral and scattering problems, the theory of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations with applications in fluid dynamics, conservation laws and numerical simulations, as well as equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. The volume is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in mathematical physics.

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