Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Walter Craig
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Waves and wave interactions: a paradigm in ocean waves
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Abstract
Wave phenomena occur on an enormous range of scales, from the sub-quantum mechanical to the astrophysical. This talk will discuss the problem of free surface waves in water, which is a classical problem in mathematical hydrodynamics. We will discuss some of the common scale-independent features of wave prop- agation and wave interaction in this context, including detailed descriptions of nonlinear wave collisions, and the beginnings of a rigorous kinetic theory for a regime of wave turbulence.
Wave phenomena occur on an enormous range of scales, from the sub-quantum mechanical to the astrophysical. This talk will discuss the problem of free surface waves in water, which is a classical problem in mathematical hydrodynamics. We will discuss some of the common scale-independent features of wave prop- agation and wave interaction in this context, including detailed descriptions of nonlinear wave collisions, and the beginnings of a rigorous kinetic theory for a regime of wave turbulence.