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Blended numerical schemes for the advection equation

In this talk we discuss a method to couple two or more explicit numerical schemes approximating the same equation, in order to create new schemes which inherit advantages and drawbacks of the original...

A quantitative theory of stochastic homogenization

The topic of stochastic homogenization of elliptic partial differential equations in divergence form is classical. It is about the homogeneous large-scale behavior of heterogeneous media, like conduct...

Mathematical Methods and Inventive Engineering

 Abstract: Engineering, intended as the capability of producing innovation and new technology, pays an important tribute to mathematics. It is well known how the increasing computer power open th...

A gradient flow approach to large deviations for diffusion processes

In the 80s, De Giorgi introduced the notion of abstract gradient flows, which allowed to define a notion of solutions to ordinary differential equations of the form x' = −grad F(x) on metric spaces ...

Dynamics of an intruder in a granular fluid: from dilute to dense experiment.

A single experimental setup is the occasion for a tour into many issues in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. In the experiment, a rotating intruder performs a Brownian-like dynamics under the inf...

Harmonic Functions in the half-space with a pressurized cavity

In the first part of the seminar I will present a physical model used in volcanology to describe ground's deformations within calderas. Based on the linear elastic theory, this analytical model replac...

Periodic and quasi-periodic solutions in nearly-integrable Hamiltonian systems

In 1892 H. Poincaré conjectured that periodic orbits are dense in the phase space of a general (analytic) nearly-integrable Hamiltonian systems. I shall discuss a weaker "asymptotic" version of Poinc...

Hyperbolic traveling fronts

Front propagation is an ubiquitous feature of reactive phenomena, in particular in the dynamics of excitable media. Standard mathematical counterparts are traveling-waves for reaction-diffusion equati...

Asymptotic behaviour of a semilinear elliptic equation

The well-studied power-law-nonlinearity elliptic PDE is known to exhibit a variety of interesting effects, including non-existence, non-uniqueness and concentration phenomena. The application of forma...

Problemi di progettazione di forme ottimali in acustica

Nel seminario vogliamo presentare alcuni problemi aperti di "optimal shape design" che appaiono in acustica. Tali problemi coinvolgono equazioni a derivate parziali in domini piani in cui compare l'op...

On a long range segregation model

Segregation phenomena occurs in many areas of mathematics and science: from equipartition problems in geometry, to social and biological processes (cells, bacteria, ants, mammals) to finance (sellers ...

Mechanics of out-of-plane deformation patterns in supported graphene

Abstract: Graphene is a two-dimensional material with a unique set of properties, many of which rely on its planar two-dimensional structure. In many applications, graphene is supported on a substrate...