Mathematical Questions Arising from Bose-Einstein Condensation
| MEMBERS SEMINAR | |
| Topic: | Mathematical Questions Arising from Bose-Einstein Condensation |
| Speaker: | Israel Michael Sigal |
| Affiliation: | University of Toronto, Canada and Member, School of Mathematics |
| Date: | Monday, November 24 |
| Time/Room: | 2:00pm - 3:00pm/S-101 |
Bose-Einstein condensation was predicted by Einstein in 1925 and was experimentally discovered 70 years later. This discovery was followed by a flurry of activity in the physics community with hundreds of papers published every year and with attempts to construct a mathematical underpinning of the corresponding theory. In this talk I will review some recent rigorous results in the subject and outline open problems. The talk will be directed to a general mathematical audience.