Variational and Topological Methods: Theory, Applications, Numerical Simulations, and Open Problems

PI和组织者将于2012年6月6日至9日在位于亚利桑那州弗拉格斯塔夫的北方亚利桑那大学（NAU）举行“变分和拓扑方法：理论、应用、数值模拟和开放问题”会议。本次会议涵盖了非线性椭圆和抛物型偏微分方程（PDE）的变分和拓扑方法的主题，有两个特别强调的会议，奇异问题和核物理的数值模拟。会议的范围将相当广泛，包括理论，应用和科学计算，重点是两个特别会议领域。主要发言人Monica Clapp（墨西哥国立自治大学数学研究所）、Pavel Drábek（捷克共和国普兹尼大学）、Jacques Giacomoni（法国波城大学）、Jean-Michel Rakotoson（法国普瓦捷大学）和Peter Takáè（德国罗斯托克大学）都承诺作一系列主旨演讲。这种形式有利于各级研究人员参加2002年和2007年在国家科学基金会支持下在NAU组织的前两次会议。会议网址是http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmn3/var12/var12.html。 该奖项为符合条件的参与者提供部分支持，优先考虑代表性不足的数学家，特别是女性，研究生，博士后和初级教师。会议组织者的目标之一是鼓励年轻研究人员，为他们提供一个倾听专家意见和与专家互动的机会。 这是一个主题，将有时间在时间表中允许这种讨论，包括开放的问题，为潜在的新的研究领域的数学，功能的分析，科学应用和数值解的关键相关方程的混合我们的主题。

The PI and the organizers are holding the "Variational and Topological Methods: Theory, Applications, Numerical Simulations, and Open Problems" conference during June 6-9, 2012, at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, AZ. This conference covers topics in variational and topological methods for nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations (PDE), with two special emphasis sessions, in singular problems and in numerical simulations for nuclear physics. The scope of the conference will be fairly wide, to include theory, applications, and scientific computations, with emphasis on the two special session areas. The principal speakers, Monica Clapp (Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, Mexico), Pavel Drábek (Univerzita v Plzni, Czech Republic), Jacques Giacomoni (Université de Pau, France), Jean-Michel Rakotoson (Université de Poitiers, France) and Peter Takáè (Universität Rostock, Germany) have all committed to giving a series of keynote lectures. This format was beneficial to researchers at all levels attending the previous two conferences organized with the support of NSF in 2002 and 2007 in NAU. The conference website is http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jmn3/var12/var12.html. This award provides partial support to eligible participants, with priority given to underrepresented mathematicians, especially women, graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty. One of the goals of the conference organizers is to encourage young researchers by providing them an opportunity to listen to and interact with experts. It is a theme that there will be time in the schedule to allow this discussion, to include open problems for potential new research areas of mathematics that feature a blend of the analysis, scientific application, and numerical solution of the key relevant equations of our subject.