This page contains PDF files for a few talks I have
given recently.
Finite element exterior calculus: A new approach to the stability of
finite elements , plenary talk at the 9th U.S. National
Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, July
25, 2007.
Differential complexes and mixed
finite elements for elasticity , workshop on Compatible
Discretizations for PDE, Centre of Mathematics for Applications, Oslo,
Norway, September 26, 2005.
Mathematics and the cosmos in the
Einstein centenary: The new mathematical gravitational astronomy ,
Bullitt Lecture, University of Louisville, April 28, 2005.
Mathematics in a dangerous time ,
Keynote address for an Applied Math Workshop at University of
Illinois, May 7, 2003.
From exact sequences to colliding black
holes: Differential complexes in numerical analysis ,
Plenary address at ICM 2002, the International Congress of Mathematics, Beijing,
2002.
Numerical relativity ,
ICM 2002 Satellite Conference on Nonlinear PDE: Theory and
Approximation, Hong Kong, August 30, 2002.
Mixed finite elements for elasticity ,
ICM 2002 Satellite Conference on Scientific Computing, Xi'an, August
16, 2002.
A quick introduction to the Einstein equations ,
tutorial delivered at the IMA workshop on Numerical Relativity, June 24,
2002.
Mathematics in industry ,
presentation delivered at the NSF VIGRE meeting, Reston, VA,
May 4, 2002.
Approximation by quadrilateral
finite elements , Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM,
February 19, 2002.
Questions on shell theory
workshop on "Elastic Shells: Modeling, Analysis,
and Computation", Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley,
CA,
April 21, 2000.
Last modified July 25, 2007 by Douglas N. Arnold ,
arnold(at)ima.umn.edu