16:640:509

Fall 2023

Yanyan Li

Subtitle:

Some useful methods in nonlinear analysis

Course Description:

I plan to select a number of topics in nonlinear elliptic PDEs, Leray Schauder degrees and applications, topological methods in the calculus of variations ( mountain path theorem, Lusternik–Schnirelmann theorem, Morse theory, and applications to nonlinear PDEs), implicit function theorems and applications (including gluing method), ...
, and spend a couple of lectures on each topics. Much of these methods have been used in my own papers, so I should be able to convey to students how to apply these tools...

Textbook:

None

Prerequisites:

Permission by instructor