Prof. Dr. Philip Rosenau

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and overarching topics in Mathematics; collections,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsIntegrable Systeme, Solitonen, nichtlineare Dynamik

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityTel Aviv
InstitutionTel Aviv University
InstituteDepartment of Applied Mathematics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz SpatschekInstitut für Theoretische Physik II, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Franz G. MertensLehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jürgen KurthsInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Arkadi S. PikovskyInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2003

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Rosenau, a mathematician, born in Swiebodzice, Poland, spent most of his scientifc life in the United States of America and Israel. His special scientifc interests are concentrated around nonlinear science, with many applications in plasma physcis, astrophysics, and nonlinear wave phenomena. His contributions to plasma stability problems as well as some exact solutions to old problems of applied mathematics received worldwide recognition. Professor Rosenau is the inventor of the "compacton", a stable localized wave with compact support which promises a huge potential in future nonlinear wave applications. The next step, "a search for classes of universality in strongly nonlinear phenomena" is intended for the collaboration during his stay in Germany.