Solitons and the Ocean

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• Henrik Kalisch (Universitetet i Bergen)
• Tuesday 06 August 2024, 18:00-19:00
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PDW - Emergent phenomena in nonlinear dispersive waves

Solitons are single, solitary waves which can propagate large distances without essential change in shape. The history of the soliton is a story of contrasts, a story of slow progress and lightning speed, of high achievement and financial disaster. Since their accidental discovery about two centuries ago, solitons have slowly but surely conquered the scientific world, making their way into mathematicians’ notebooks, into laboratories the world over and firmly into the imagination of a generation of scientists. While soliton research is filling thousands of scientific journal pages year after year, the question remains: Can solitons ever get out of the lab? In this lecture, we review various efforts to identify solitons in the ocean. We will follow the speaker’s own journey in the quest for observing solitons, answering Willard Bascom’s call to action: Should we brood over the inconsistencies of Nature? The public lecture will take place at the The Lit & Phil library. Click on the following link for more information and registration: https://www.litandphil.org.uk/event/solitons-and-the-ocean-lecture/ 

This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.

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