Workshop on Singularities in Partial Differential Equations and the Calculus of Variations

该提案是支持美国研究人员参加为期5天（为期一周）的会议，讨论偏微分方程和变分法中各种问题的奇异解，会议将在蒙特利尔数学研究中心举行。这是当前非线性分析研究的一个令人兴奋的领域。奇异解出现在许多应用中，包括几何学中的涡旋理论、液晶位错理论和量子场论中的单极子理论。这笔赠款将用于支持那些尚未获得NSF支持的美国研究人员参加本次会议的费用。

The proposal is to support the participation of US researchers in a 5 day (week-long) conference on singular solutions of various problems in partial differential equations and the calculus of variations to be held at the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques in Montreal. This is an exciting area of current research in nonlinear analysis. Singular solutions arise in many applications including the theory of vortices, in geometry, in the theory of dislocations of liquid crystals and the theory of monopoles in quantum field theory. This grant will be used to support the expenses of US researchers who do not already have NSF support to attend this conference.