Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 04, Number 03 February 15, 2004 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Conference in Arizona on Numerical Combustion Faculty Position at Old Dominion University Chapman Fellowship at Imperial College, London Lectureships at University of Sussex WebModule - Monte Carlo methods and dynamical systems Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 189:1-2 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 189:3-4 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 190:1-2 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 190:3-4 Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 2:1 Submissions to nls-net must be addressed to: Comments and suggestions are also welcome. General information about nls-net can be found at: http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nls-net/ This is a service created and maintained in collaboration with the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) http://www.aimsciences.org/ ------ Subject: Conference in Arizona on Numerical Combustion From: Kirsten Wilden Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 13:57:43 -0500 Tenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion Registration Dates and Program Location: Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa, Sedona, Arizona Dates: May 9-12, 2004 Invited Plenary Speakers: Malte Braack, University of Heidelberg, Germany Michael Frenklach, University of California, Berkeley Thomas Jackson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Pre-Registration Deadline: Monday, April 12, 2004 Registration and the conference program for this conference is available at: http://www.siam.org/meetings/nc04/ For additional information, contact SIAM Conference Department at meetings@siam.org. ------ Subject: Faculty Position at Old Dominion University From: Glenn Williams Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:21:21 -0500 (EST) Computational Mathematics Faculty Position, Tenure Track Department of Mathematics and Statistics Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 Applications are invited for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Old Dominion University with duties to begin August 1, 2004. The successful candidate will be chosen from an area of applied and computational mathematics. Domains of interest include but are not limited to computational fluid dynamics and material science, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, numerical linear algebra, mathematical biology and financial mathematics. All applicants must have a Ph.D. in applied mathematics, computational mathematics, or a related field, a demonstrated ability to build a sponsored research program, excellent pedagogical and communication skills, and the ability to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is one of seven degree-granting units in the College of Sciences and currently has 27 full-time faculty. Degrees offered include B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. The department will relocate to a new state-of-the-art Engineering and Computational Sciences Building in time for the beginning of the Fall 2004 semester. A Center for Computational Science, in which the department plays a prominent role, has recently been established. Excellent collaborative research and educational opportunities are available at the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC), and NASA-Langley Research Center. Further information is available at http://www.math.odu.edu. Interested individuals should forward a letter of interest and a copy of their curriculum vitae, including a teaching philosophy, a research prospectus, and names and contact information for three or more professional references to: Computational Mathematics Search Committee Department of Mathematics and Statistics Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0077. Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2004 and will continue until the position is filled. Old Dominion University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution that complies with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. ------ Subject: Chapman Fellowship at Imperial College, London From: John W. Barrett Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:26:42 -0000 Imperial College, London is advertising a Chapman Fellowship in Mathematics, a 2 year Temporary Lectureship with a Reduced Teaching Load. (Closing date 1st March 2004) For details see www.ma.ic.ac.uk ------------------------------ Subject: Lectureships at University of Sussex From: C.M.Elliott@sussex.ac.uk (C.M. Elliott) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:41:21 +0000 (GMT) The Department of Mathematics at the University of Sussex invites applications for two lectureships in Mathematics available from October 2004 or as soon as possible thereafter with salary in the range: Lecturer A 22,191 to 25,451 or Lecturer B 26,270 to 33,679 GBP per annum (pay award pending). One position is to replace a retirement in 2006 and is available to candidates holding a research fellowship. Candidates should have a growing research reputation in an area of mathematics related to one or more of the current research activities of the Department. In particular the appointments will support the the focus of research on the two areas (a) Mathematical Modelling and Computational Mathematics and (b) Partial Differential Equations. Further particulars and application forms are downloadable from http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/staffing/personnl/vacs/arc/scitech.shtml. For further information about the department see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/. The closing date is Tuesday March 2 2004. Informal enquiries may be made to Charlie Elliott (tel 01273 678111; email: c.m.elliott@sussex.ac.uk). Application forms and further particulars are also available in hard copy from and should be returned to, (along with supporting material such as list of publications, cv, etc), to the Human Resources Division, Sussex House, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH, email: joinus@sussex.ac.uk, telephone(01273) 678706, fax (01273) 877401. ------ Subject: WebModule - Monte Carlo methods and dynamical systems From: "Dr Markus Kraft" Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:50:47 -0000 Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the Web-Module: 'Stochastic Methods in Chemical Engineering'. This web module is used in the fourth year of the undergraduate course in chemical engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK). It complements the course "Stochastic Modelling in Chemical Engineering" and is made to give students some hands-on experience with Monte Carlo simulation algorithms. For this purpose a simple chemical reaction and the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactions are implemented in a Java applet which employs a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Scheme for the solution of the corresponding systems of ordinary differential equations. The students are expected to find interesting parameters for the BZ system by inspecting its eigenvalues. A set of questions is provided for continuous assessment. The Web-Module can be accessed at: www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/~mkraft/pages/teaching/CETIIB-StoMo/WebModule/bz/index.html Although this module has been designed for the use in chemical engineering it might be of interest for courses on Monte Carlo methods in general and courses on dynamical systems. We hope you enjoy using it. The system requirements are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later versions and the Java 2 Runtime Environment. Best wishes Markus Kraft URL: www.cheng.cam.ac.uk/kraft.html ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 189:1-2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:44:01 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd How fast can a quantum state evolve into a target state? S. Luo pp 1-7 Synchronization of two non-scalar-coupled limit-cycle oscillators M.V. Ivanchenko, G.V. Osipov, V.D. Shalfeev, J. Kurths pp 8-30 Exponential attractors for a conserved phase-field system with memory S. Gatti, M. Grasselli, V. Pata pp 31-48 Some dynamical properties of the stadium billiard J. Lei, X. Li pp 49-60 Ehrenfest model with large jumps in finance H. Takahashi pp 61-69 Global manifold control in a driven laser: sustaining chaos and regular dynamics R. Meucci, D. Cinotti, E. Allaria, L. Billings, I. Triandaf, D. Morgan, I.B. Schwartz pp 70-80 The effect of propagation nonlinearities on the information capacity of WDM optical fiber systems: cross-phase modulation and four-wave mixing L.G.L. Wegener, M.L. Povinelli, A.G. Green, P.P. Mitra, J.B. Stark, P.B. Littlewood pp 81-99 Modeling the propagation of light in photonic crystal fibers J. Arriaga, J.C. Knight, P.S.J. Russell pp 100-106 Propagation of extremely short pulses in nonresonant media: the total Maxwell-Duffing model A.I. Maimistov, J.-G. Caputo pp 107-114 Model reduction for compressible flows using POD and Galerkin projection C.W. Rowley, T. Colonius, R.M. Murray pp 115-129 Reaction-advection random motions in inhomogeneous media N. Ratanov pp 130-140 Concentration and cavitation in the vanishing pressure limit of solutions to the Euler equations for nonisentropic fluids G.-Q. Chen, H. Liu pp 141-165 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 189:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 04:06:38 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Evolution of two-dimensional standing and travelling breather solutions for the Sine-Gordon equation A.A. Minzoni, N.F. Smyth, A.L. Worthy pp 167-187 Analytic approximation to the harmonic oscillator equation with a sub-period time dependent parameter M. Fernandez Guasti pp 188-198 Stability analysis of stationary states of mean field models described by Fokker-Planck equations T.D. Frank pp 199-218 Non-integrability of the anisotropic Stormer problem with angular momentum M.A. Almeida, T.J. Stuchi pp 219-233 Controllability for a class of area-preserving twist maps U. Vaidya, I. Mezic pp 234-246 Bifurcations in systems with Z"2 spatio-temporal and O(2) spatial symmetry F. Marques, J.M. Lopez, H.M. Blackburn pp 247-276 Gap-soliton bullets in waveguide gratings A.B. Aceves, G. Fibich, B. Ilan pp 277-286 Coarsening of step bunches in step flow growth: a reaction-diffusion model and its travelling wave solutions C.R. Connell pp 287-316 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 190:1-2 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:07:44 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd On asymptotically equivalent shallow water wave equations H.R. Dullin, G.A. Gottwald, D.D. Holm pp 1-14 Monodromy in the resonant swing spring H. Dullin, A. Giacobbe, R. Cushman pp 15-37 Pulsation and precession of the resonant swinging spring P. Lynch, C. Houghton pp 38-62 Dispersion-managed solitons via an averaged variational principle R.K. Jackson, C.K.R.T. Jones, V. Zharnitsky pp 63-77 Vortex solutions of the nonlinear optical Maxwell-Dirac equations L.M. Kovachev pp 78-92 Resonant triad dynamics in weakly damped Faraday waves with two-frequency forcing J. Porter, M. Silber pp 93-114 The fractal property of the Lorenz attractor D. Viswanath pp 115-128 Simplest collective motion caused by external noise for globally coupled maps J.-H. Li pp 129-135 External forcing of ecological and epidemiological systems: a resonance approach J. Greenman, M. Kamo, M. Boots pp 136-151 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 190:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:16:12 GMT For more information about this journal visit: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/physd Gradient free descent: shadowing, and state estimation using limited derivative information K. Judd, L. Smith, A. Weisheimer pp 153-166 The delay vector variance method for detecting determinism and nonlinearity in time series T. Gautama, D.P. Mandic, M.M. Van Hulle pp 167-176 Non-linear dynamical analysis of crack surface perturbations and their dependence on velocity and direction D. Sherman, I. Be'ery pp 177-189 Structure result for steady-state solutions of a one-dimensional Fremond model of SMA K. Shirakawa, U. Stefanelli pp 190-212 Thin liquid films on a slightly inclined heated plate U. Thiele, E. Knobloch pp 213-248 Standing waves, clustering, and phase waves in 1D simulations of kinetic relaxation oscillations in NO+NH"3 on Pt(100) coupled by diffusion H. Uecker pp 249-265 Dynamic supercoiling bifurcations of growing elastic filaments C.W. Wolgemuth, R.E. Goldstein, T.R. Powers pp 266-289 ------ Subject: Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 2:1 From: Communications in Math Sciences Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:45:57 -0600 (CST) The articles of Communications in Mathematical Sciences (CMS) can be accessed on line at http://www.intlpress.com/CMS/ Houde Han and Zhongyi Huang Exact artificial boundary conditions for Schrodinger equation in R^2 Simone Calogero and Hayoung Lee The non-relativistic limit of the Nordstrom-Vlasov System Jerry L. Bona, Yue Liu and Nghiem V. Nguyen Stability of solitary waves in higher-order Sobolev spaces Viorel Bostan and Weimin Han Recovery-based error estimation and adaptive solution of elliptic variational inequalities of the second kind Junseok Kim, Kyungkeun Kang and John Lowengrub Conservative multigrid methods for ternary Cahn-Hilliard systems Dario Benedetto, Emanuele Caglioti, Francois Golse and Mario Pulvirenti Hydrodynamic limits of a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation for granular media Weinan E and Xing Y. Yue Heterogeneous multiscale method for locally self-similar problems Naoufel Ben Abdallah and Hedia Chaker Diffusion induced by grain boundaries: a SHE model