Applied & nonlinear analysis

Applied & nonlinear analysis

Current research in the Applied & Nonlinear Analysis research program emphasises elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations, geometric and physical variational problems, geometric partial differential equations, geometric evolutions, geometric measure theory, optimal transportation, affine differential geometry, conformal differential geometry, finite element and difference equation approximations, and geometry of fractals.

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Current research in the Applied & Nonlinear Analysis research program emphasises:

  • elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations
  • geometric and physical variational problems
  • geometric partial differential equations
  • geometric evolutions
  • geometric measure theory
  • optimal transportation
  • affine differential geometry
  • conformal differential geometry
  • finite element and difference equation approximations
  • geometry of fractals.

Projects

A notion of generalized solution for nonlinear partial differential equations, called viscosity solution has undergone considerable development in recent years.

Student intake

Open for Honours students

Status

Potential

People

Members

Convenor

Professor

Emeritus

Michael Barnsley

Emeritus Professor

John Hutchinson

Emeritus Professor

Neil Trudinger

Emeritus Professor

Researcher

John Urbus

Emeritus Professor

Xu-Jia Wang

Emeritus Professor

Student

News

The Antonio Ambrosetti medal is awarded for groundbreaking contributions to mathematical analysis.

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Professor Michael Barnsley has obtained the The Paul R. Halmos-Lester R. Ford Award for his paper “Self-Similar Polygonal Tiling.”

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