Title: Transonic Flow, Shock Reflection, and Free Boundary Problems (I)

Speaker: Gui-Qiang Chen, Northwestern Univ.

Abstract: In this talk we will start with various shock reflection phenomena and their fundamental scientific issues. Then we will describe how the shock reflection problems can be formulated into free boundary problems for nonlinear partial differential equations of mixed-composite type. Finally we will discuss some recent developments in attacking the shock reflection problems, including our results on shock reflection with Mikhail Feldman.