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Summer Graduate School

SLMath-Oxford-OIST School: Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (Okinawa, Japan) June 22, 2026 - July 03, 2026
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Location: Japan - Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Organizers Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology), Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford)
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Description
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This two week summer school, jointly organized by SLMath with OIST, will offer the following two mini-courses:

  1. Measure-theoretical analysis, divergence-measure fields, and nonlinear PDEs of divergence form
    This course will present some recent developments in the theory of divergence-measure fields via measure-theoretic analysis and its applications to the analysis of nonlinear PDEs of conservative form – nonlinear conservation laws.
  2. Perron’s method and Wiener-type criteria in the potential theory of elliptic and parabolic PDEs
    This course will present some recent developments precisely characterizing the regularity of the point at ∞ for second order elliptic and parabolic PDEs and broadly extending the role of the Wiener test in classical analysis.

School Structure

Each day will consist of two lectures and two problem sessions; one on each of the above courses.

Prerequisites

  1. Basic Measure Theory, Distribution Theory, Sobolev Spaces, Functional Analysis
  2. In the graduate textbook: Lawrence C. Evans, Partial Differential Equations, 2nd edition, AMS, 2010:
  • Reviewing calculus facts outlined in Appendix C: Calculus
  • Reviewing facts outlined in Appendices D and E: Functional Analysis and Measure Theory
  • Review Section 2.2. Laplace’s Equation; and Section 2.3. Heat Equation;
  • Solve exercises 2-17 from Section 2.3 Problems.
  • Review Section 2.4, Section 3, and Section 5

Application Procedure

SLMath is only able to support a limited number of students to attend this school.  Therefore, it is likely that only one student per institution will be funded by SLMath.

For eligibility and how to apply, see the Summer Graduate Schools homepage.

Venue

The summer school will be held at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Seaside House

For additional information about the summer school please visit this webpage.

Keywords and Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC)
Tags/Keywords
  • potential theory

  • elliptic and parabolic PDEs

  • Laplace equation

  • heat equation

  • Dirichlet problem

  • super- and subharmonic functions

  • Wiener criterion

  • boundary regularity

  • regularity (or irregularity) of ∞

  • caloric function

  • super- and subcaloric functions

  • harmonic measure

  • parabolic measure

  • capacity

  • Newtonian potential

  • thermal capacity

  • thermal potential

  • Radon measure

  • fine topology

  • Brownian motion

  • Wiener processes

  • divergence-measure fields

  • PDE of divergence form

  • nonlinear conservation laws

  • hyerbolic conservation laws

  • sets of finite perimeter

  • BV functions

  • approximation

  • sets with Lipschitz boundary

  • open sets

  • Cauchy flux

  • balance laws

  • entropy solutions

  • foundation of continuum mechanics

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Jun 22, 2026
Monday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II – Lecture 1
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 2 (Active Learning Session)
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
  Course I – Lecture 1
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford)
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 2 (Active Learning Session)
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford), Monica Torres (Purdue University)
Jun 23, 2026
Tuesday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II – Lecture 3
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 4 (Active Learning Session)
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
  Course I - Lecture 3
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 4 (Active Learning Session)
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
Jun 24, 2026
Wednesday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II – Lecture 5
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 6 (Active Learning Session)
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Plenary Lecture: Gui-Qiang Chen
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford)
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
  Course I - Lecture 5 & Lecture 6 (Active Learning Session)
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 6 (Active Learning Session)
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford), Monica Torres (Purdue University)
Jun 25, 2026
Thursday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course I – Lecture 7
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course I – Lecture 8
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
  Course II - Lecture 7
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
  Course II – Lecture 8
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
Jun 26, 2026
Friday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II – Lecture 9
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 10 (Active Learning Session)
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  TBD
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
  Course I - Lecture 9
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford), Monica Torres (Purdue University)
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 10 (Active Learning Session)
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford), Monica Torres (Purdue University)
Jun 29, 2026
Monday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II - Lecture 9
Gui-Qiang Chen (University of Oxford), Monica Torres (Purdue University)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 10
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Prof. Torres - Plenary Lecture
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
  Course I - Lecture 9
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
  Course I - Lecture 10
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Jun 30, 2026
Tuesday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II - Lecture 11
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 12
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  TBD
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
  Course I – Lecture 11
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 12
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Jul 01, 2026
Wednesday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course I – Lecture 13
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II - Lecture 13
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
  Plenary Lecture: Ugur G. Abdulla
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Jul 02, 2026
Thursday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course II - Lecture 14
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course II – Lecture 15
Monica Torres (Purdue University)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
  Course I – Lecture 14
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
  Course I – Lecture 15
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Jul 03, 2026
Friday
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
  Course I - Lecture 16
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
  Course I – Lecture 17
Ugur Abdulla (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  Lunch
01:00 PM - 02:15 PM
  lecture
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
  Tea / Coffee Break
02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
  lecture