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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#800000><FONT size=4><B><I>CICLO DE CHARLAS EN EL
INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICA APLICADA SAN LUIS</I></B> <BR><B><I>(IMASL)</I></B>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=6><FONT
color=#0000ff> "ON THE CURVE
STRAIGHTENING FLOW OF PLANAR CURVES"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=5> Dr. <FONT color=#000080><FONT
color=#000000>Dietmar ÖLZ</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=4>Wolfgan Pauli
Institute</FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
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size=4><STRONG>Universidad de Viena, Austria</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=5><B><U>Lugar</U></B>:</FONT></FONT> <FONT
size=5><STRONG>Laboratorio 2, LIAEM - Bloque
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color=#008000></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></FONT> </H1><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG><EM><U>ABSTRACT: </U></EM></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT face=Arial size=4>We consider the curve straghtening flow of planar curves generated by the Kirchhoff bending energy.</FONT></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT face=Arial size=4>We formulate the governing equations in terms of the indicatrix and scalar Lagrange multiplier and prove existence and regularity solutions.</FONT></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><FONT face=Arial size=4>We compute the energy dissipation, prove its coercivity and conclude exponential decay of the energy.</FONT></SPAN></PRE></BODY></HTML>