The Applied Mathematics and Physics Seminar will host Jonathan Schillinger of Florida State University’s Department of Mathematics on Tuesday, April 1, in IST 1044 from noon-1 p.m.

Title: Fractal Riesz Energy Asymptotics through Gaussian Means

Abstract: Studying the behavior of the minimal continuous Riesz energy over fractal sets has been a relatively hot topic in the field of Energy Theory. A recent result of Calef in 2010 computed the asymptotics for the minimal Riesz energy as the Riesz parameter s approaches the dimension over self-similar fractal sets. After introducing the problem and going through Calef’s second order density arguments, we will discuss how a seemingly unrelated result for the Gaussian energy not only implies Calef’s computation, but also extends to non-minimal cases.

• Date: Tuesday, April 1
• Time: Noon-1 p.m.
• Location: IST 1044

For more information, contact Dr. Aaron Bardall.