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Pushing the limits of hydrodynamics

TYPEColloquium
Speaker:Pavel Kovtun
Affiliation:University of Victoria
Date:30.11.2020
Time:15:30
LocationZoom LINK
Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsi20KwRb-c
Abstract:

Hydrodynamics is a well-established field with a venerable history. In this talk, I will focus on the foundational aspect of hydrodynamics which came to light in recent years. Do the equations of hydrodynamics even make sense? To what degree can the crudeness of hydrodynamics be improved? What about the phenomena that hydrodynamics should describe but fails to? And what about the phenomena that hydrodynamics shouldn't describe, but does?