Speaker:
Prof. Peter Constantin
Institution:
U. Chicago
Time:
Monday, March 1, 2004 - 2:00pm
Location:
MSTB 254
We consider a system formed by a reaction-diffusion-advection equation coupled to the Navier-Stokes equations in a Boussinesq fashion. We discuss the existence of traveling fronts in cylindrical domains, their shape, stability and instability. Joint work with Berestycki, Kiselev and Ryzhik.