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

9302588康库斯这次会议的目的是聚集国际科学界的研究人员，他们活跃在几何分析、连续介质力学、变分和非线性偏微分方程组方面。所有这些领域都相互关联，有时是以惊人和令人惊讶的方式，导致了具有物理意义的惊人和意想不到的发现。去年，美国国家航空航天局航天飞机上进行的微重力流体力学实验证实了这一发现。这项实验以及其他许多类似的活动在很大程度上是由罗伯特·芬恩教授的开创性工作产生的，他是这次会议的献身者。我们预计，拟议的会议将为具有数学和实际物理意义的新的科学进展奠定基础。我们目标的一个重要部分是鼓励研究生参加会议；我们希望借此激发他们对许多正在或等待做出的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.