Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong
Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Colloquium

Organized by Prof. Philippe G. Ciarlet and Prof. Roderick Wong

Construction and Computational Implementation of Green’s Functions

by
Prof. Yuri Melnikov
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Middle Tennessee State University, Mufreesboro, USA

Date: April 2, 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue: Room B6605 (Faculty Conference Room)
Blue Zone, Level 6
Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong

Abstract: This lecture is designed to attract graduate students whose main interest is in applied partial differential equations and who are looking for productive analytic and semi-analytic methods for solution of boundary value problems. An emphasis will be made on the importance of Green’s functions in the qualitative theory of ODEs and PDEs. We will also focus on practical procedures for the construction of Green’s functions for elliptic and parabolic equations, with a specific attention paid to the analytic expression of their singular components. The potential of Green’s function-based numerical algorithms will be illustrated with a number of examples.

** All interested are welcome **

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