CRM Research Programme for the academic year 2008-2009
Stability and Instability in Mechanical Systems (SIMS08)
Period
September 1 to December 31, 2008 (ended)
Coordinators
amadeu delshams, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
rafael de la llave, University of Texas at Austin
tere m. seara, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Scientific Committee
chong-qing cheng, University of Nanjing
vadim kaloshin, University of Maryland and Penn State University
carles simó, Universitat de Barcelona
turgay uzer, Georgia Institute of Technology
Organising Committee
gerard gómez, Universitat de Barcelona
àngel jorba, Universitat de Barcelona
jaume llibre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
josep masdemont, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Research Topics
There are many systems that appear in applications that have negligible friction, like the models of celestial mechanics and Astrodynamics, the models for motion of charged particles in magnetic fields (for example the motion on the magnetosphere, particle accelerators, some models in collisionless plasmas), chemical reactions, etc.
One problem that has attracted attention for a long time is whether the effect of perturbations on these models accumulate over time and lead to large effect (instability) or whether these effects average out (stability).
The aim of the program "Stability and instability in Mechanical Systems" is to compare and unify the different methods (geometrical, variational, heuristic, numerical, experimantal, etc.) for stability and instability and to make contact with recent applications.
Conferences and Courses:
Advanced Course on Stability and Instability in Mechanical Systems. September 15 to 19, 2008.
Conference on Stability and Instability in Mechanical Systems: Recent progress and
mathematical theory. September 22 to 26, 2008.
Workshop on Stability and Instability in Mechanical Systems: Applications and
Numerical Tools. December 1 to 5, 2008.
Last updated: 09/12/2009