Nonlinear Waves Seminar: Nalini Joshi

Geometry and Asymptotics

Nalini Joshi

School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney

Date and time: 

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 2:00pm

Location: 

ECOT 226

Abstract: 

Techniques of algebraic geometry and resolution of singularities that allow us to analyse asymptotic behaviors of nonlinear differential and difference equations will be introduced. This is particularly interesting for equations such as the continuous and discrete Painlevé equations, for which the general solution cannot be expressed in terms of classical (i.e., earlier known) functions.