Tuesday, May 20

10:00 AM-12:00 PM Ballroom I - Level B

MS25
Dynamics of Curves and Filaments

The motion and dynamical behavior of curves and filaments provide excellent models for physical problems ranging from DNA conformation (10^-8 meters) to motion of solar flux tubes and sunspot formation (10⁸ meters), with many more relevant examples in between. Although a classical subject, recent advances in experimental, computational, and analytical techniques have brought increased attention to the study of the dynamics of curve and filament systems. In this minisymposium a thin cross-section of these new methods and results will be presented with an emphasis on applications to physical systems. The purpose of this minisymposium is to acquaint the general applied math community with some of the extensive recent work on curve dynamics, particularly curves with twist, and its relation to physical systems.

Organizer: Isaac Klapper
Montana State University

10:00 Title to be determined

L. Mahadevan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:30 Nonlinear Dynamics of Elastic Filament

Alain Goriely and Michael Tabor, University of Arizona

11:00 Curve Dynamics and Gene Regulation

Gadi Fibich and Danny Petrasek, University of California, Los Angeles; and Isaac Klapper, Organizer

11:30 Removing the Stiffness of Curvature in 3-D Filament Calculations

Thomas Y. Hou, California Institute of Technology; Isaac Klapper, Organizer; and Hui Si, California Institute of Technology

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