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AMCS/PICS Colloquium

Friday, September 26, 2014 - 2:00pm

Diego Cordoba

ICMAT, Madrid

Location

University of Pennsylvania

Towne 337

Finite time singularities for the Muskat equation.

Abstract: The Muskat equation governs the motion of an interface separation of two incompressible fluids in a porous media. I will describe several scenarios where the interface is initially smooth and at a later time it develops a singularity.