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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
Seminar Schedule for 2008-09
View separate schedule for Open House Nights in Astronomy.
| Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Title |
April 28, 2009
2:00 pm
169 Nick |
Dr. Antonio Mastroberardino |
Penn State Behrend |
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem |
May 18, 2009
11:15 am
144 Hammermill |
Catherine N. Malele |
Binghamton University, State University of New York |
Synthesis and Characterization of Flourescent Conjugated Polymer Chemosensors |
May 19, 2009
2:00 pm
123 Science |
John Moran |
Cleveland State University |
Hemeproteins Bathed in Ionic Liquids: Examining the Role of Water and Protons in Redox Behavior and Catalytic Function |
May 21, 2009
2:00 pm
123 Science |
Adrienne Carver |
University of Massachusetts - Amherst |
Reactivity and Dynamics of Protein/Nanoparticle Adducts |
June 15, 2009
1:00 pm
117 Science |
Tia Deas, Ph.D. |
New York State Dept. of Health |
Viruses: They Just Won't Behave |
June 19, 2009
1:30 pm
118 Science |
Kelly Schalk, Ph.D. |
University of Maryland |
Pathogenic Factors that Promote Bacterial Colonization in Humans |
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The FPU problem refers to the numerical experiments performed on the Los Alamos MANIAC computer during the 1950’s by Enrico Fermi, John Pasta, and Stanislaw Ulam. These experiments, which were a test of a hypothesis of statistical mechanics known as the equipartition of energy, marked the birth of numerical simulation in the study of nonlinear science and, through the work of Zabusky and Kruskal, triggered the development of soliton theory and the inverse scattering theory. In this talk, we review the physical model that serves as the basis for the experiments and its relation to the kdV equation. We conclude with a brief discussion of the impact the FPU problem has had on the development of nonlinear science.
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