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Speaker: Christian Kharif, Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre (IRPHE/Ecole Centrale Mediterranee)
Date: April 18, 2024
Title: Weakly nonlinear capillary waves on a shear current: Stability and bifurcation
Abstract: The effect of wind blowing above the air-sea interface is twofold: (i) it generates waves that take place within the first millimeters to meters, and (ii) it generates a… Read more
The Department of Applied Mathematics is pleased to host this series of colloquium lectures, funded in part by a generous gift from the Boeing Company. This series will bring to campus prominent applied mathematicians from around the world.
Title: Randomly pivoted Cholesky
Abstract: André-Louis Cholesky entered École Polytechnique as a student in 1895. Around 1910, during his work as a surveyer for the French army, Cholesky invented a technique for solving… Read more
The Department of Applied Mathematics is pleased to host this series of colloquium lectures, funded in part by a generous gift from the Boeing Company. This series will bring to campus prominent applied mathematicians from around the world.
Title: Understanding nonlinear surface water waves on deep water
Abstract: Oceanographers in the 60s conducted an ambitious experiment (1) in which they tracked waves that were generated by large storms near New Zealand… Read more
Speaker: Xinyu Zhao, McMaster University
Date: April 4, 2024
Title: On instability of the Taylor-Green vortex in 2D Euler flows
Abstract: The 2D incompressible Euler equations are globally well-posed, but the stability of even very simple equilibrium solutions has not been fully understood due to the subtle interplay between the point spectrum and the essential spectrum of the corresponding linear operator… Read more
The Department of Applied Mathematics is pleased to host this series of colloquium lectures, funded in part by a generous gift from the Boeing Company. This series will bring to campus prominent applied mathematicians from around the world.
Title: Insights from biofluidmechanics: A tale of tails
Abstract: The motion of undulating or rotating elastic `tails’ in a fluid environment is a common element in many biological and engineered systems. At the … Read more
Speaker: Ahmad Abassi*, University of California, Berkeley
Date: March 28, 2024
Title: The semi-analytic theory and computation of finite-depth standing water waves
Abstract: We generalize the semi-analytic standing-wave framework of Schwartz and Whitney (1981) and Amick and Toland (1987) to finite-depth standing gravity waves. We propose an appropriate Stokes-expansion ansatz and propose a recursive… Read more
The Department held its Dessert Competition in the Lewis Hall Lounge on Friday, February 9, 2024! This is an annual event, going on for almost 20 years now: each year everyone competes to see who can create the best dessert, with different award categories. These categories included best overall, taste, presentation, alternative (vegan or gluten free). Prizes include cookbooks, serving ware, baking and cooking tools, and more. A dedicated panel of judges sacrificed their New Year resolutions… Read more
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute invites you to a free film screening of "Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience", a film by George Csicsery on Thursday, February 15, 2024 in Kane Hall, Room 110.
6:00-7:00pm - Film Screening
7:00-7:30pm - Director Q&A with George Csicsery
7:30-8:30pm - Reception (Walker-Ames Room)
Hosted by the UW Departments of Applied Mathematics, Mathematics & Statistics.… Read more
Congratulations to Sayako Mitchell on her selection as a Junior Medalist for High Scholarship for 2022-23. The award celebrates top undergraduate students by recognizing outstanding academic record. Medalists are selected by a committee for their high… Read more
The Department of Applied Mathematics is pleased to host this series of colloquium lectures, funded in part by a generous gift from the Boeing Company. This series will bring to campus prominent applied mathematicians from around the world.
Title: Making Black Girls Count in Math Education: A Black Feminist Vision of Transformative Teaching
Abstract: Much is lost when we do not politicize Black girls’ math education. Centering Black girls as knowledge… Read more