I will give a proof of S.Y. Cheng's conjecture that a bounded strongly pseudoconvex domain in C^n has its Bergman metric being Einstein if and only if it is holomorphically equivalent to the ball.
We discuss some recent work on stability of solutions to linear and nonlinear wave equations on asymptotically flat space times. This is joint work with Jason Metcalfe, Jesus Oliver, and Daniel Tataru.
We consider a family of quasiperiodic solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation on the 2-torus, namely the family of finite-gap solutions (tori). These solutions are inherited by the 2D equation from its completely integrable 1D counterpart (NLS on the circle) by considering solutions that only depend on one variable. Despite being linearly stable, we prove that these tori (under some genericness conditions) are nonlinearly unstable in the following strong sense: there exists solutions that start very close to those tori in certain Sobolev spaces, but eventually become larger than any given factor at later times. This is the first instance where (unstable) long-time nonlinear dynamics near (linearly stable) quasiperiodic tori is studied and constructed. (joint work with M. Guardia (UPC, Barcelona), E. Haus (University of Naples), M. Procesi (Roma Tre), and A. Maspero (SISSA))
In an exciting paper, J. Bedrossian and N. Masmoudi established the stability of the 2D Couette flow in Gevrey spaces of index greater than 1/2. I will talk about recent joint work with N. Masmoudi, which proves, in the opposite direction, the instability of the Couette flow in Gevrey spaces of index smaller than 1/2. This confirms, to a large extent, that the transient growth predicted heuristically in earlier works does exist and has the expected strength. The proof is based on the fremawork of the stability result, with a few crucial new observations. I will also discuss related works regarding Landau damping, and possible extensions to infinite time.
I consider solutions with asymptotic self-similarity. The behavior shows an invariance which comes naturally from nonlinearity. The basic model is Lane-Emden equation. Solution structures depend on the dimension as well as the exponent describing the nonlinearity. More generally, I will explain the corresponding result for quasilinear equations in the radial setting.
This talk concerns a PDE system that models tumor growth. We show that a novel free boundary problem arises via the incompressible limit of this model. We take a viscosity solutions approach; however, since the system lacks maximum principle, there are interesting challenges to overcome. This is joint work with Inwon Kim.
In this talk, we will show that the full dimensional invariant tori obtained by Bourgain [J. Funct. Anal., 229 (2005), no. 1, 62–94] is stable in a very long time for 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic boundary conditions.
Given a planar infinity harmonic function u, for each
$\alpha>0$ we show a quantitative $W^{1,\,2}_{\loc}$-estimate of
$|Du|^{\alpha}$, which is sharp when $\alpha\to 0$. As a consequence we
obtain an $L^p$-Liouville property for infinity harmonic functions in
the whole plane
In this talk, I will discuss recent results produced with co-authors Ivan Blank (KSU) and Brian Benson (UCR) regarding a formulation of the Mean Value Theorem for the Laplace-Beltrami operator on smooth Riemannian manifolds. We define the sets upon which mean values of (sub)-harmonic functions are computed via a particular obstacle problem in geodesic balls. I will thus begin by discussing the classical obstacle problem and then an intrinsic formulation on manifolds developed in our recent paper. After demonstrating how the theory of obstacle problems is leveraged to produce our Mean Value Theorem, I will discuss local and global theory for our family of mean value sets and potential connections between the properties of these sets and the geometry of the underlying manifold.