Abstract:

Technology to observe and control atoms and molecules has been developed so that we considered materials as systems of hierarchical networks, where microscopic structures are discrete  and macroscopic properties are continuous and recognized the importance of mathematical idea to bridge between discrete and continuum. Discrete geometric analysis offers such views. In the present talk, I would like to discuss some emerging results obtained at the AIMR based on the collaboration between materials science and mathematics.

Introduction of Speaker:

Professor Motoko Kotani is the president of the Mathematical Society of Japan. She is also the director of the Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) and a distinguished Professor in Tohoku University. She was awarded the 25th Saruhashi Award in 2005 for her work in discrete geometric analysis on crystal lattices.