Mathematical Sciences: Proposal for an International Conference on Mathematical Advances in Continuum Mechanics

9302588会议的目的是汇集国际科学界在几何分析、连续介质力学、变分学和非线性偏微分方程方面活跃的研究人员。所有这些领域都相互关联，有时以非凡和令人惊讶的方式导致具有物理意义的惊人和意想不到的发现。去年，在美国国家航空航天局的一架绕轨道飞行的航天飞机上进行的微重力流体力学实验证实了这一发现。这次实验以及许多其他类似的活动在很大程度上源于罗伯特·芬恩教授的开创性工作，本次会议也致力于表彰他。我们预期，拟议的会议将为具有数学和实际物理意义的新科学进步奠定基础。我们目标的一个重要部分是鼓励研究生参加会议；因此，我们希望能够激发他们对正在取得或即将取得的许多令人兴奋的新发现的积极兴趣。

9302588 Concus The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers from the international scientific community who are active in geometric analysis, continuum mechanics, calculus of variations, and in nonlinear partial differential equations. All of these fields interrelate, sometimes in remarkable and surprising ways that have led to striking and unexpected discoveries with physical implications. One such discovery was verified last year in a microgravity fluid mechanics experiment carried out aboard an orbiting NASA Space Shuttle flight. This experiment and also many other such activities arose largely from the pioneering work of Prof. Robert Finn, to whom the conference is dedicated. We anticipate that the proposed conference will set the stage for new scientific advances of both mathematical and practical physical significance. An important part of our objective is to encourage graduate students to participate in the meeting; we hope thus to spark their active interest in the many new and exciting discoveries that are now being made or waiting to be made.