The ACE Lab Theory Diary

The ACE LAB Seminar is devoted to the theory of various topics in pure mathematics. Anything consistent with the theme of the seminar may be disucssed. We Preliminarily begin with papers of Anne Katherina Rhode (H-Fl:achen in zwei konzentrischen, ebenen Kreisen) and Ch. Delaunay (Sur la surface de r'evolution dont la courbure moyenne est constante--Translation).

M  May 15  Distributed papers of Eells (Surfaces of Delaunay), 
                                       Delaunay, and Rhode
           Jeffery:       
           Roberto:
           Ryan:          Reading books on Calculus of Variations

M   20     Distributed paper of Chandresehkar on the stability of 
                                       rotating liquid drops
           Posed Chandresekhar-Plateau Problem:  Can you give a 
                          curve rolling characterization for all 
                          rotational figures of equlibrium for 
                          rolling drops?  Can you at least characterize 
                          all solutions?
           Jeffery:       
           Roberto:       
           Ryan:          Reading paper of Eells and Taylor

W   29