SMS scnews item created by Alex Casella at Mon 16 May 2016 0934
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 15 Aug 2016
Calendar1: 16 May 2016 1700-1800
CalLoc1: Carslaw 535A
CalTitle1: MaPSS Seminar
Auth: casella@10.16.69.98 (acas5565) in SMS-WASM

# MaPSS: Mathematical Postgraduate Seminar Series: Jack Moon -- Lax pair equations and harmonic maps

Dear All,

We are delighted to present the MaPSS Seminar topic of Monday 9th May; please see the
abstract below.

**From this Semester the Seminar will always run on Monday, at 5:00pm in 535A**

Following the talk, there will be pizza on offer.

Speaker: Jack Moon (Sydney University)

Title: Lax pair equations and harmonic maps

Abstract: Lax pairs are a simple Lie algebra differential and a common object in
integrable systems. We wish to introduce Lax pair equations as a natural way to
construct harmonic maps, and we wish to look at their solutions. Furthermore we’ll look
at methods at constructing additional solutions via a method known as dressing.