mwang@watmath.UUCP (mwang) (05/08/84)
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- Wednesday, May 16, 1984.
Dr. C. Eilbeck of Los Alamos National laboratory will
speak on ``Numerical Studies of Reaction-Diffusion Sys-
tems.''
TIME: 1:30 PM
ROOM: MC 6091A
ABSTRACT
Coupled sets of reaction-diffusion equations are often
used to model pattern formation problems in biology. A
short computer-producted cine film will be shown to il-
lustrate the evolution of perturbed homogeneous initial
conditions into a variety of time-independent spatial
patterns. Some numerical methods for such equations
will be discussed, with particular emphasis on the
pseudo-spectral method and comparisons with finite
difference techniques. Finally a combination of path-
following techniques and the pseudo-spectral method
will be used to calculate the full bifurcation diagram
for a model problem.
May 8, 1984