Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 12, Number 17 September 15, 2012 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: CIMPA School, Differential Galois Theory and Multisummability 108th Statistical Mechanics Conference Conference on Inverse Problems and Applications Tenure-track position in Applied and Computational Mathematics Lectureship in Nonlinear Dynamics and/or Complexity Science Two permanent lectureships, Applied and Computational Mathematics Faculty Position in Applied and Computational Mathematics Lectureships in Mathematics and Statistics Postdoc Position, Multiscale Modeling of Wave Propagation Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:12 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 5:6 Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 6:3 Contents, Kinetic and Related Models 5:3 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 241:20 Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 11:1 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: CIMPA School, Differential Galois Theory and Multisummability From: Jorge Mozo Fernandez Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:39:23 +0200 CIMPA SCHOOL "DIFFERENTIAL GALOIS THEORY AND MULTISUMMABILITY" Place and dates: Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla (Colombia), 13-26 January 2013. Coordinators: Primitivo Acosta-Humanez (Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) and Jorge Mozo Fernandez (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain). Local Organizing Committee: Primitivo Acosta-Humanez (Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) Guillermo Cervantes (Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) Joachim Hahn (Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) Andrea Felipe (Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia) Jorge Mozo Fernandez (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain) Scientific Committee: Werner Balser (Ulm University, Germany). David Blazquez Sanz (Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Bogota, Colombia). Reinhard Schafke (Universite de Strasbourg, France). The School will consist in 5 mini-courses: - Jean-Pierre Ramis (Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, and Academie des Sciences, France): Gevrey asymptotic expansions, summability of divergent series and applications. - Teresa Martinez-Seara (Universidad Politecnica de Catalu\~na, Barcelona, Spain): Exponentially small phenomena and resurgence. - Moulay Barkatou (Universite de Limoges, France): Symbolic methods for solving systems of linear ordinary differential equations. - Claude Mitschi (Universite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France): Introduction to the classical and parameterized Picard-Vessiot theories and related monodromy problems. - Jacques-Arthur Weil (Universite de Limoges, France): Applications of symbolic methods for solving systems of linear ordinary differential equations. There will also be some talks and the possibility of some presentations from the students. Registration and deadlines: Students not from Colombia must register via the web page of the CIMPA, before November 4th, 2012: http://www.cimpa-icpam.org/spip.php?article476 Students from Colombia must register directly via the web page of the School, before January 1st, 2013: http://www.scm.org.co/eventos/CIMPA2013/ Some finantial support is available. Look at the web pages for details. ------ Subject: 108th Statistical Mechanics Conference From: Joel Lebowitz Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:57:11 -0400 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 108th STATISTICAL MECHANICS CONFERENCE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, BUSCH CAMPUS, HILL CENTER, ROOM 114 SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 18, 2012 Dear Colleague: You are cordially invited to participate in the 108th Statistical Mechanics Conference at Rutgers University, December 16-18, 2012. At this meeting, we will celebrate the accomplishments of our distinguished colleagues, John D. Reppy, Jan V. Sengers and Harry L. Swinney. Here is a tentative list of speakers: Eva Andrei, Mikhail Anisimov, Jayanth R. Banavar, John Beamish, Andrea Bertozzi, Curt Callan, Moses Chan, Jeff Chen, Peter Constantin, Ivan Corwin, Robert Dorfman, Mark Dykman, Jean-Pierre Eckmann, Paul Fendley, Emmanuel Fort, Peter Fratzl, Juerg Frohlich, Cristian Giardina, Ray Goldstein, Doeke Hekstra, Mehran Karder, Michael Kastner, Harry Kojima, Daniel Lathrop, Herbert Levine, Stanislas Leibler, Bela Mulder, Jose Ortiz, Thanos Panagiotopoulos, Itamar Proccaccia, Marcos Rigol, Subir Sachdev, Masaki Sano, Tomohiro Sasamoto, Eugene Stanley, Daniel Stein, Jun Zhang, Wendy Zhang. A more complete conference program will be sent out to you later. You may access updated information concerning ALL DETAILS of the meeting (i.e. lodging, transportation, abstracts, etc.) on our website: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/. Please register at: http://www.math.rutgers.edu/events/smm/smm-regform.html. We would like to know of any colleagues or students who should be added to our mailing list, positions wanted or available, etc. Looking forward to seeing you here. With best wishes, Joel ------ Subject: Conference on Inverse Problems and Applications From: Oleg Burdakov Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:19:14 +0200 Conference on Inverse Problems and Applications Linkoping, Sweden, April 2-6, 2013 http://www.mai.liu.se/IPA2013/ The aim of this conference is to present the state of the art in Inverse Problems and to foster greater exchange of experience and knowledge of applying inverse problem in different areas of applications. Main topics: Inverse Problems: Theory, Algorithms and Applications; Identification in Partial Differential Equations; Inverse Scattering; Computational Methods; Regularization Techniques; Inverse problems with small parameters; Imaging Techniques. Invited speakers: Simon Arridge (University College London, UK) Guillaume Bal (Columbia University, USA) Victor Isakov (Wichita State University, USA) Matti Lassas (University of Helsinki, Finland) Daniel Lesnic (University of Leeds, UK) Lennart Ljung (Linkoping University, Sweden) Zuhair Nashed (University of Central Florida, USA) Mikko Salo (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland) Otmar Scherzer (University of Vienna, Austria) Gunter Uhlmann (University of Washington, USA) Abstract submission deadline: November 5 2012 Notification: December 10 2012 ------ Subject: Tenure-track position in Applied and Computational Mathematics From: Ricardo Carretero Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Faculty position in APPLIED and COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Positing: The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Applied and Computational Mathematics, beginning in Fall 2013. Focused research areas include but are not limited to dynamical systems, nonlinear waves, applied PDEs, numerical analysis, climate science and mathematical biology. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a closely related field, and demonstrate outstanding research potential. Candidates must also demonstrate enthusiasm and ability to teach undergraduate and graduate level mathematics. Preference may be given to candidates in the focused research areas described above and to those who would be able to augment or interact with existing groups within the Department and the Computational Science Research Center. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in our joint PhD program in Computational Science, as well as in our MA and MS programs in pure and applied mathematics. Applications should include: a cover letter, curriculum vita, a description of research program, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation sent directly to the search committee. Applications should be addressed to: Professor Ricardo Carretero Chair, Search Committee Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Group (NLDS) Department of Mathematics and Statistics San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego, CA 92182-7720 Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. SDSU is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status. ------ Subject: Lectureship in Nonlinear Dynamics and/or Complexity Science From: Alastair Rucklidge Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:36:20 +0100 (BST) Dear Colleagues, A permanent lectureship in Applied Mathematics (Nonlinear Dynamics and/or Complexity Science) at the University of Leeds has just been advertised -- see http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk and use the reference MAPMA0036, or http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFD359/lecturer-in-applied-mathematics/ The closing date for applications is 10 October. Interviews are expected to be held in early November. You will join the research group in Applied Nonlinear Dynamics. Candidates whose research interests span Nonlinear Dynamics and/or Complexity Science are particularly encouraged to apply. We also encourage interaction with the other research groups in the School, which include Mathematical Biology and Medicine, Polymers and Industrial Mathematics, Astrophysical and Geophysical Fluids, and Integrable Systems. You will deliver high quality teaching in mathematics, informed by your own research, in line with the University's commitment to research-led teaching. The post is available from 1 January 2013 or an agreed later date. Applications from women, who are currently under-represented in this area, will be particularly welcome; however, the final recruitment decision will be based solely on merit. Best wishes, Alastair Rucklidge A.M.Rucklidge@leeds.ac.uk ------ Subject: Two permanent lectureships, Applied and Computational Mathematics From: "Jill Douglas" Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 16:20:56 +0100 The School of Mathematics is seeking outstanding candidates for up to two permanent lectureships in Applied and Computational Mathematics. Exceptionally an appointment may be made at a higher level (UE09 Senior Lecturer/Reader). We expect candidates to have either an established record of first-class research or to be able to demonstrate excellent research potential. You should have research interests which mesh well with those of existing staff. We are keen to expand our portfolio in one or more of the following priority directions: (a) numerical methods for stochastic or partial differential equations, (b) geophysical fluid dynamics, and (c) mathematical biology. You will contribute to our undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and to the supervision of postgraduate students. Interviews will be held during the period 3rd to 6th December 2012. The posts are available at a mutually agreed date from 1 July 2013. Salary Scale: GBP37,012 - GBP44,166 per annum. Exceptionally appointment may be to Senior Lecturer level for which the salary scale is GBP46,846 - GBP52,706 Details are available at http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/jobs/lecturer-maths ------ Subject: Faculty Position in Applied and Computational Mathematics From: Jose Castillo Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:35:13 -0700 The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Applied and Computational Mathematics, beginning in Fall 2013. Focused research areas include but are not limited to dynamical systems, nonlinear waves, applied PDEs, numerical analysis, climate science and mathematical biology. See http://www.csrc.sdsu.edu/ for details about the position and our research and teaching environment. ------ Subject: Lectureships in Mathematics and Statistics From: Tim Phillips Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:40:42 +0100 The School of Mathematics at Cardiff University invites applications for Lectureships in Mathematics (2 posts) and Statistics (2 posts). We welcome applications from outstanding individuals in any areas of mathematics and statistics. Candidates for the positions in Mathematics must be able to demonstrate excellence in research in any area of pure or applied mathematics. At least one of the two available posts will be permanent, and both posts are full-time. Informal enquiries to DaviesR@cf.ac.uk or MarlettaM@cf.ac.uk. Candidates for the positions in Statistics must be able to demonstrate excellence in research in any area of statistics or probability. At least one of the two available posts will be permanent, and both posts are full-time. Informal enquiries may be sent to DaviesR@cardiff.ac.uk or ZhigljavskyAA@cardiff.ac.uk The appointments will be made at Grade 6 or Grade 7 according to experience. Salary: GBP30122 - GBP35938 per annum (Grade 6) or GBP38140 - GBP44166 per annum (Grade 7) Closing date: Thursday, 28 September 2012 ------ Subject: Postdoc Position, Multiscale Modeling of Wave Propagation From: "R. Bradley Shumbera, Ph.D." Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:18:53 -0400 We are looking for a postdoc to work on a project on multiscale modeling of wave propagation in heterogeneous subsurface formations. The project is jointly with an industry. The desired experience includes: (1) multiscale simulations: (2) simulations of acoustic and elastic wave propagation in heterogeneous media; (3) geophysical applications. Please, contact Yalchin Efendiev (efendiev@math.tamu.edu) or Richard Gibson (gibson@tamu.edu) for more information. ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 32:12 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:48:50 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A (DCDS-A) Volume: 32, Number: 12 December 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=533 1. Dafermos regularization of a diffusive-dispersive equation with cubic flux Pages : 4069 - 4110 Stephen Schecter and Monique Richardson Taylor 2. Noninvertible cocycles: Robustness of exponential dichotomies Pages : 4111 - 4131 Luis Barreira and Claudia Valls 3. Inducing and unique ergodicity of double rotations Pages : 4133 - 4147 Henk Bruin and Gregory Clack 4. On essential coexistence of zero and nonzero Lyapunov exponents Pages : 4149 - 4170 Jianyu Chen 5. On a double penalized Smectic-A model Pages : 4171 - 4182 Blanca Climent-Ezquerra and Francisco Guillen-Gonzalez 6. A generic property of exact magnetic Lagrangians Pages : 4183 - 4194 Mario Jorge Dias Carneiro and Alexandre Rocha 7. Entropy-expansiveness for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms Pages : 4195 - 4207 Lorenzo J. Diaz, Todd Fisher, M. J. Pacifico and Jose L. Vieitez 8. Global conservative solutions to the Camassa--Holm equation for initial data with nonvanishing asymptotics Pages : 4209 - 4227 Katrin Grunert, Helge Holden and Xavier Raynaud 9. Stability and convergence at infinite time of several fully discrete schemes for a Ginzburg-Landau model for nematic liquid crystal flows Pages : 4229 - 4246 Francisco Guillen-Gonzalez and Mouhamadou Samsidy Goudiaby 10. Semilinear elliptic systems involving multiple critical exponents and singularities in R^N Pages : 4247 - 4263 Dongsheng Kang and Fen Yang 11. Decay of solutions for a system of nonlinear Schrodinger equations in 2D Pages : 4265 - 4285 Chunhua Li 12. Some results on perturbations of Lyapunov exponents Pages : 4287 - 4305 Chao Liang, Wenxiang Sun and Jiagang Yang 13. Critical exponent for the semilinear wave equation with time-dependent damping Pages : 4307 - 4320 Jiayun Lin, Kenji Nishihara and Jian Zhai 14. Parameterization of invariant manifolds by reducibility for volume preserving and symplectic maps Pages : 4321 - 4360 Rafael de la Llave and Jason D. Mireles James 15. Global existence and decay of energy for a nonlinear wave equation with p-Laplacian damping Pages : 4361 - 4390 Mohammad A. Rammaha, Daniel Toundykov and Zahava Wilstein 16. Entropy formulas for dynamical systems with mistakes Pages : 4391 - 4407 Jerome Rousseau, Paulo Varandas and Yun Zhao 17. A metric proof of the converse Lyapunov theorem for semicontinuous multivalued dynamics Pages : 4409 - 4427 Antonio Siconolfi and Gabriele Terrone 18. Variational destruction of invariant circles Pages : 4429 - 4443 Lin Wang 19. Free path of billiards with flat points Pages : 4445 - 4466 Hong-Kun Zhang ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 5:6 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:32:26 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S (DCDS-S) Volume: 5, Number: 6 December 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=535 1. Preface Pages : i - ii Eduard Feireisl, Josef Malek and Mirko Rokyta 2. Motivation, analysis and control of the variable density Navier-Stokes equations Pages : 1021 - 1090 Enrique Fernandez-Cara 3. Stability and interaction of vortices in two-dimensional viscous flows Pages : 1091 - 1131 Thierry Gallay 4. The thermo-mechanics of rate-type fluids Pages : 1133 - 1145 K. R. Rajagopal 5. A short course on numerical simulation of viscous flow: Discretization, optimization and stability analysis Pages : 1147 - 1194 Rolf Rannacher 6. A framework for the development of implicit solvers for incompressible flow problems Pages : 1195 - 1221 David J. Silvester, Alex Bespalov and Catherine E. Powell ------ Subject: Contents, Inverse Problems and Imaging 6:3 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:39:23 -0500 Inverse Problems and Imaging (IPI) Volume: 6, Number: 3 August 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=539 1. Transmission eigenvalues for inhomogeneous media containing obstacles Pages : 373 - 398 Fioralba Cakoni, Anne Cossonniere and Houssem Haddar 2. Fine-tuning electrode information in electrical impedance tomography Pages : 399 - 421 Jeremi Darde, Harri Hakula, Nuutti Hyvonen and Stratos Staboulis 3. Probing for inclusions in heat conductive bodies Pages : 423 - 446 Patricia Gaitan, Hiroshi Isozaki, Olivier Poisson, Samuli Siltanen and Janne Tamminen 4. Optimal estimation of l1-regularization prior from a regularized empirical Bayesian risk standpoint Pages : 447 - 464 Hui Huang, Eldad Haber and Lior Horesh 5. On the inverse doping profile problem Pages : 465 - 486 Victor Isakov and Joseph Myers 6. The Green function of the interior transmission problem and its applications Pages : 487 - 521 Kyoungsun Kim, Gen Nakamura and Mourad Sini 7. Nowhere conformally homogeneous manifolds and limiting Carleman weights Pages : 523 - 530 Tony Liimatainen and Mikko Salo 8. Non rigid geometric distortions correction - Application to atmospheric turbulence stabilization Pages : 531 - 546 Yu Mao and Jerome Gilles 9. Alternating algorithms for total variation image reconstruction from random projections Pages : 547 - 563 Yunhai Xiao, Junfeng Yang and Xiaoming Yuan ------ Subject: Contents, Kinetic and Related Models 5:3 From: "Liwei Ning" Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:45:29 -0500 Kinetic and Related Models (KRM) Volume: 5, Number: 3 September 2012 http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=536 1. A quadratic Fourier representation of the Boltzmann collision operator with an application to the stability problem Pages : 441 - 458 Yong-Kum Cho 2. Hard sphere dynamics and the Enskog equation Pages : 459 - 484 Viktor I. Gerasimenko and Igor V. Gapyak 3. Optimization of a model Fokker-Planck equation Pages : 485 - 503 Michael Herty, Christian Jorres and Albert N. Sandjo 4. Regularity criteria for the 3D MHD equations via partial derivatives Pages : 505 - 516 Xuanji Jia and Yong Zhou 5. On viscous quantum hydrodynamics associated with nonlinear Schrodinger-Doebner-Goldin models Pages : 517 - 536 Jose Luis Lopez and Jesus Montejo-Gamez 6. Asymptotic behavior of solutions to the bipolar hydrodynamic model of semiconductors in bounded domain Pages : 537 - 550 Ming Mei, Bruno Rubino and Rosella Sampalmieri 7. A remark on Cannone-Karch solutions to the homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Maxwellian molecules Pages : 551 - 561 Yoshinori Morimoto 8. Convergence rates of zero diffusion limit on large amplitude solution to a conservation laws arising in chemotaxis Pages : 563 - 581 Hongyun Peng, Lizhi Ruan and Changjiang Zhu 9. Optimal time decay of the non cut-off Boltzmann equation in the whole space Pages : 583 - 613 Robert M. Strain 10. Large time behavior of solutions to the non-isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson system in R^3 Pages : 615 - 638 Zhong Tan, Yong Wang and Xu Zhang 11. Finite element method with discrete transparent boundary conditions for the time-dependent 1D Schr?dinger equation Pages : 639 - 667 Alexander Zlotnik and Ilya Zlotnik 12. Erratum to: Ghost effect by curvature in planar Couette flow [1] Pages : 669 - 672 Leif Arkeryd, Raffaele Esposito, Rossana Marra and Anne Nouri ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 241:20 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:43:12 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 241, Issue 20, Pages 1671-1766, 15 October 2012 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01672789/241/20 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Transition to spatiotemporal chaos via stationary branching shocks and holes Original Research Article, Pages 1671-1679 Jonathan A. Sherratt, Matthew J. Smith 2) Geodesic theory of transport barriers in two-dimensional flows Original Research Article, Pages 1680-1702 George Haller, Francisco J. Beron-Vera 3) Saddle-node bifurcation of viscous profiles Original Research Article, Pages 1703-1717 Franz Achleitner, Peter Szmolyan 4) Partitioning two-dimensional mixed phase spaces Original Research Article, Pages 1718-1734 Kevin A. Mitchell 5) Information theory, model error, and predictive skill of stochastic models for complex nonlinear systems Original Research Article, Pages 1735-1752 Dimitrios Giannakis, Andrew J. Majda, Illia Horenko 6) Effects of oscillatory behavior of the dipole function on the dissociation dynamics of the classical driven Morse oscillator Original Research Article, Pages 1753-1757 Emanuel F. de Lima, R. Egydio de Carvalho 7) Existence and uniqueness of rigidly rotating spiral waves by a wave front interaction model Original Research Article, Pages 1758-1766 Yan-Yu Chen, Jong-Shenq Guo, Hirokazu Ninomiya ------ Subject: Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 11:1 From: Communications in Math Sciences Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:36:31 -0500 Communications in Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Vol 11, No. 1, 2013 Table of Contents full articles are online at http://www.intlpress.com/CMS/CMS-BrowseJournal.php Hamiltonian ODEs on a space of deficient measures L. Chayes, W. Gangbo, and H.K. Lei E-characteristic polynomials of tensors An-Min Li, Liqun Qi, Bin Zhang Fundamental limitations of polynomial chaos for uncertainty quantification in systems with intermittent instabilities Michal Branicki and Andrew J. Majda Global geometrical optics method Chunxiong Zheng Slow manifolds for multi-time-scale stochastic evolutionary systems Hongbo Fu, Xianming Liu, and Jinqiao Duan Geometric dynamics of optimization Francois Gay-Balmaz, Darryl D. Holm, and Tudor S. Ratiu Wave propagation in waveguides with random boundaries Ricardo Alonso, Liliana Borcea, and Josselin Garnier On the local existence of analytic solutions to the Prandtl boundary layer equations Igor Kukavica and Vlad Vicol Scattering of electromagnetic waves by thin high contrast dielectrics: effects of the object boundary David M. Ambrose and Shari Moskow Pattern formation in Rayleigh-Benard convection Taylan Sengul and Shouhong Wang