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 Smoller | Research in shock-wave theory, Navier-Stokes equations, systems of reaction-diffusion equations, dynamical systems and bifurcation theory—esoteric territories for the non-mathematical or non-scientific scholar—have been familiar pathways for Joel Smoller. The Lamberto Cesari Chair in mathematics at the University of Michigan will give two Patten Lectures next week at IU Bloomington.
The first one will be Tuesday (April 17) in Swain Hall West 119 at 7:30 p.m., and the second is scheduled Thursday (April 19) at 7:30 in Rawles Hall 100. His first lecture will deal with recent investigations in gravitation and cosmology relating to black holes and the “big bang” theory. The second will deal with the effects of coupling between gravitational and quantum mechanical and/or eletrodynamic effects. Some of Smoller’s more recent research projects have dealt with problems involving gravity as described by Einstein’s theory of general relativity on two different scales: elementary particles, the coupling of gravity to other fundamental forces, and astrophysical shock waves. In those two projects, Smoller has collaborated with S.-T. Yau of Harvard University, Felix Finster of the Max Plank Institute in Leipzig, Germany, and Blake Temple of the University of California at Davis. Smoller also has collaborated with IUB mathematician David Hoff.
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