Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Matematica (C.I.R.M.)
Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento

Program of the Workshop on
"Geometric Measure Theory and Calculus of Variations"

Sardagna (Trento, Italy), April 7-9, 2003




Monday, April 7
 9.30           Opening
 9.40-10.30 M. Giaquinta: "Limits of sequences of mappings into Riemmannian manifolds with equibounded energies"
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-11.50 F. Morgan: "The double bubble theorem"
12.00-12.50 Z. Balogh: "Characteristic sets and Hausdorff measures in the Heisenberg group"
13.00           Lunch
16.00-16.50 B. Franchi: "Rectifiability in step 2 Carnot groups"
16.50-17.20 Coffee break
17.20-18.10 G. Alberti: "Structure of null sets in the plane, and some applications to Geometric Measure Theory"
19.30          Dinner

Tuesday, April 8
 9.00-9.50   G. David: "Hausdorff dimension of uniformly non flat sets with topology"
10.00-10.50 J. Fu: "Ropelength-minimizing and ropelength-critical curves"
10.50-11.20  Coffee break
11.20-12.10  B. Kirchheim: "Multi well problems and shape memory materials"
12.20-12.50  T. De Pauw: “Smooth submanifolds, density ratios and almost area minimizing integral currents”
13.00           Lunch
16.00-16.30  V. Magnani: "Characteristic points of stratified groups"
16.35-17.05  D. Cohen-Steiner: “Approximation of curvature measures of a smooth surface in R^3”
17.05-17.35  Coffee break
17.35-18.05  A. Bernig: “A proof of Schlaefli’s formula with normal cycles”
18.10-18.40  D. Smets: “Convergence of the parabolic Ginzburg-Landau equation to motion by mean curvature”
20.00          Dinner

Wednesday, April 9
 9.00-9.50    L. Ambrosio: "Transport equation and Cauchy problem for BV vector fields"
10.00-10.50  P. Mattila: "Singular integrals and rectifiability"
10.50-11.20  Coffee break
11.20-12.10   Y. Burago: "Asymptotic behaviour of some polyhedral length spaces"
12.10            Closure
12.30           Lunch