Speaker:Dominick Gallo, University of Trier
Title: Optimal control of fractional PDEs

Abstract: We will start by motivating the role of the fractional Laplacian via stable Lévy processes. Subsequently, we will distinguish between different notions of the fractional Laplacian. We will describe the current state-of-the-art for the spectral fractional Laplacian and study optimization problems with a fractional diffusion PDE as constraint.

Time: Friday, November 18, 2016, 1:30-2:20 p.m.

Place: Exploratory Hall, Room 4106

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