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TITLE:
"Solitary Water Waves"
SPEAKER:
Professor Sarah Raynor,
TIME: Thursday Nov. 9, 2006 at 4:00 PM
PLACE: George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101)
Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the lounge.
All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.
In this talk, I will discuss the behavior of water waves. In
particular, I study the Korteweg-deVries equation, which models the
behavior of water in a long, shallow, narrow canal. This equation has
solitary wave solutions that are extremely stable. They can be observed
in real-world canals traveling for a mile or more without breaking up.
I will discuss the mathematical underpinnings of this stability. I
will conclude by mentioning other applications of solitary wave theory
in physics.
100 Olin Physical Laboratory, 7507 Reynolda Station
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7507
Phone: (336) 758-5337, FAX: (336) 758-6142
E-mail: wfuphys@wfu.edu
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