Invited Speaker
Beverly H. West
Professor
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Email:
bwest@math.cornell.edu
Homepage:
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Paper:
A New Look at the Airy Equation with Fences and Funnels
Talk:
Differential Equations: Quantitative Information from Qualitative Analysis
(QuickTime movie - 1.5M)
Abstract:
Airy's equation x'' + xt = 0 has solutions that traditionally are found just as infinite series, giving no good information on the behavior of solutions as t approaches infinity, or minus infinity. Guided by PICTURES of the solutions, we can (rigorously) answer these questions, WITHOUT any analytic solving.