Analysis and Modelling

Key questions in the understanding of these systems are:

1. Is the problem well-posed in the sense that it admits a solution in a desirable functional space? Is the solution unique?
2. What do we know about the properties of the solution such as its dependence on initial conditions and model parameters?
3. Can we understand the effective behaviour of the system in the terms of its parameters?

In the research group of H. Knüpfer, we investigate models from materials science and fluid dynamics. In particular, we are interested in the analysis of pattern formation in non-convex systems with nonlocal interaction such as ferromagnetic systems,  systems with long-range Riesz type interaction or elastic materials. Another interest are free boundary problems in fluid dynamics. Information about the group members and details reseach and teaching can be found here.

The interests of the research group of A. Rüland revolve around inverse problems, nonlocal elliptic equations, free boundary value problems and the calculus of variations. It is the group's aim to analyse important applications from the sciences with mathematically innovative tools. Information on the group's current structure, research interests and teaching portfolio can be found here.

The interdisciplinary expertise of the research group of A. Marciniak-Czochra lies in the areas of applied mathematics and mathematical biosciences. Our field of focus is the dynamics of self-organisation and structure formation in developmental and regeneration processes, and in cancer. The models developed in a close collaboration with experimentalists, are applied to investigate evolution and impacts of cellular heterogeneity in stem cell-based systems, systemic organisation of cell fate control and mechanisms of symmetry breaking and pattern formation. The mathematical areas of focus are partial differential equations, dynamical systems and multiscale analysis. The main lines of analytical research are devoted to (1) emergence and stability of pattern formation in reaction-diffusion type equations;  (2) analysis of nonlinear structured population models; linking continuous and discrete structures; (3) derivation of effective models starting from first-principle modelling to describe growth and transport processes. Particular attention is paid to methods of model upscaling and reduction.

The following profiles lead you to the different research groups, where you can find more information about our teaching and research activities in the field of applied analysis. We in particular invite students to visit us and get to know us and our working groups.