Ce cours a pour but d'introduire auprès des étudiants de nombreux domaines des mathématiques qui jouent un rôle en physique. Il a un double objectif : enseigner des techniques mathématiques que tout physicien devrait maîtriser, et présenter les notions de manière à faciliter les études (auto-dirigées) futures.

Many physical systems exhibit phase transitions, i.e. abrupt changes in their properties when a parameter crosses a threshold value: a fluid changes from a liquid to a gaseous state at the evaporation temperature, a magnet loses its magnetic properties at the Curie temperature, and so on.

The first aim of these lectures will be to give a brief overview of the physical and dynamical mechanisms which determine Earth’s climate. We will start with the atmospheric radiative transfer and the energy fluxes provided by the fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and the oceans.

The course provides an introduction to the physics of living systems.

Many physical phenomena are modeled at a macroscopic level by partial differential equations, in domains as diverse as fluid and solid mechanics,  electromagnetism, general relativity, quantum mechanics or astrophysics. These are mathematical expressions which impose a relation between partial derivatives of one or several multivariable functions. This course is meant as an introduction to numerical methods for the approximation of solutions to partial differential equations.

Le séminaire a lieu le mercredi à 13h30 dans la salle de conférence Conf IV. Il se tient en alternance avec le colloque du département de physique.

 Le programme est mis à jour régulièrement.

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