Mathematics Colloquium
MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM
You are cordially invited to attend the colloquium given by Jon Bevan (University of Surrey) on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, in Karaköy Minerva Palas, 1. floor meeting room, at 2.30 pm.
Jon Bevan
Title: Recent results in nonlinear elasticity: the regularity of energy minimisers with positive twist.
Abstract: According to a well-known model due to J. M Ball, the behaviour of nonlinearly elastic solids can be understood via properties of their energy minimisers. In this talk we will address the question of smoothness of minimisers. In particular, we will show that when the condition of 'positive twist' holds, then in the two-dimensional setting energy minimisers are Holder continuous. We also give a characterisation of positive twist in terms of star-shapedness, demonstrating that, in principle, it is straightforward to check whether a mapping has positive twist or not.
Kind regards,
Yasemin