Public Lecture in Mathematics
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Speaker:
Jon Jacobsen Department of Mathematics Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California Time and Place: 3:30 p.m., Friday, August 30, 2002, 411 Allen Title: The Liouville-Gelfand Problem Abstract: In this talk we discuss the history of the Liouville-Gelfand problem, a classic problem related to the existence of steady state solutions to a reaction-diffusion equation with an exponential reaction term. Recent related results for quasilinear and nonlinear equations will also be discussed. Host: R. Shivaji, (662) 325-7136, shivaji@math.msstate.edu Refreshments: 3:00-3:30 p.m., 467 Allen |
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