SEMINAR @ SISSSA, prof. L. Ambrosio 23/05/07 at 14.30 hrs.

[Barbara Corzani]

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FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS SECTOR'S ACTIVITIES
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SEMINAR 

Prof. Luigi Ambrosio
(Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)

Title:
"Recent developments in the theory of optimal mass transportation."

Wed.  23  May 2007 @  02.30 p.m.

SISSA - Main Building - ground floor - room B

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ABSTRACT:
In this talk I will describe some developments, occurred in the last 10-15 years, of the theory of optimal mass transportation, that finds its origin in a problem raised by
G. Monge in 1781. I will give a skectchy picture of the broad range of applications of this theory, which covers variational formulations of evolution equations, functional and geometric
inequalities, (nonsmooth) Riemannian geometry, and other fields.