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MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF MECHANICS

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An international meeting dedicated to the eightieth birthday of Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt

Naples (Italy), July 2 - 3 2007

Programme

Monday
9.30 Registration
9.45 Opening & Welcome
Guido Trombetti, Vittorio Coti Zelati
10.00 G.I. Barenblatt, "Mechanics - Phoenix of Science"
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 X. Markenscoff, "Asymptotics for thin ligaments"
12.30 Lunch
15.00 J.L. Vazquez, "The role of Barenblatt functions in diffusion. Three recent theorems"
16.00 A.J. Chorin, "Dimensional reduction and renormalization"
17.00 Coffee break
17.30 N. Goldenfeld, "Roughness-induced criticality in turbulence"

Tuesday
9.30 D.D. Joseph, "Potential flows of viscous and visco elastic fluids"
10.30 V.M. Prostokishin, "Incomplete similarity in turbulent jet flows: general rule or exceptions?"
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 G.I. Barenblatt, "Fracture as a problem of mathematics"

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