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Mathematical Physics Seminar

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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The mean curvature flow
Israel Michael Sigal, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto,

The mean curvature flow appears naturally in the motion of interfaces in material science, physics and biology. It also arises in geometry and has found its applications in topological classification of surfaces. In this talk I will discuss recent results on formation of singularities under this flow. In particular, I will describe the 'spectral' picture of singularity formation and sketch the proof the neck pinching results obtained jointly with Zhou Gang and Dan Knopf.

For more information, please contact Mathematics Department by phone at 626-395-4335 or by email at [email protected].