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D: Technischen Universität München

A postdoc will be employed at the University of Technology in Munich (TUM) for up to 2 years. The research will focus on the analysis of infinite dimensional Hamiltonian systems in continuum mechanics. This comprises Hamiltonian models for the dynamics of inviscid fluids, such as certain shallow water models, and Hamiltonian models in elasticity theory describing the dynamics of elastic rods or shells. Subject of the research will be the derivation of such models (starting from Eulers equations for inviscid liquids in the case of fluids or from the equations of 3d elasticity in the case of elastic rods and shells) and the analysis of relative equilibria and relative periodic orbits by applying methods from Hamiltonian bifurcation and stability theory. The occurence of chaos in the dynamics of these models will also be investigated. The postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by Prof. J. Scheurle, assisted by Dr. H.-P. Kruse. Prof. Ratiu (Lausanne) will act as co-supervisor and Prof. Chossat (Nice) will provide further assistance.
Further details are available
Contact: Jürgen Scheurle
This is part of Section 4 of the MASIE project.

I: Università di Padova

This position has already been filled
A postdoc will be employed at the University of Padova for 2 years to work on the integrability of non-holonomic systems and on the study of small perturbations of them. The postdoc will be supervised by Dr. F. Fassò. The postdoc will combine geometrical ideas about the integrability of differential equations (e.g. geometry of fibrations by invariant tori, connections with symmetries) and more analytical ideas and techniques from classical perturbation theory. For the first aspect, the postdoc will regularly interact with Ratiu (CH), who will act as co-supervisor, and with Cushman (NL). Regarding the second aspect, the postdoc will benefit of the presence of an active research group in perturbation theory in Padova. The project is a long term one, in a new developing field, and it is necessary to have a full-time postdoc working on it.
Contact: Francesco Fassò
This is part of Section 1 of the MASIE project.

NL: University of Utrecht

A postdoc will be employed at the University of Utrecht for 2 years to work on KAM theory for perturbations of two degree of freedom Liouville integrable systems with monodromy. The postdoc will be supervised by Dr. R.H. Cushman, assisted by Prof. Dr. H. Broer. The postdoc working on this project will be required to combine knowledge of KAM theory and geometry of integrable systems to study the quantum monodromy of specific systems. Assistance in these aspects will be provided by Fassò (Padova, I), Sadovskii and Zhilinskii (Littoral, F2), and Vu Ngoc (Grenoble, F2). In particular Fassò will act as co-supervisor. The project requires a full-time postdoc in addition to substantial contributions from Cushman, Broer and the other collaborators listed above.
Contact: Richard Cushman
This is part of Section 2 of the MASIE project.

UK1: Warwick

A postdoc will be employed at the University of Warwick for 2 years to work on bifurcations of RPOs of molecules. The postdoc will be supervised by Dr. R.M. Roberts, assisted by Dr. I.N. Kozin. The postdoc working on this project will be required to combine local bifurcation analysis, numerical computation of global bifurcation diagrams, classical and quantum studies of normal forms for dynamics near RPOs and application to specific molecules. Assistance in these aspects will be provided by Chossat and Montaldi (Nice, F1), Reich (Surrey, UK2) and Leimkuhler (Leicester, UK2), Sadovskii and Zhilinskii (Littoral, F2) and Tennyson (UK1), respectively. Montaldi will be the co-supervisor.
Contact: Mark Roberts
This is part of Section 3 of the MASIE project.

UK2: University of Surrey

This position has already been filled
A postdoc will be employed at the University of Surrey for 2 years to work on long time geometric integration methods. The postdoc will be supervised by Dr. S. Reich. The postdoc will be required to combine analysis and numerical computations of Hamiltonian systems. Assistance will be provided by Leimkuhler (Leicester, UK3), Fassò (Padova, I), and Wulff (Berlin, G). The co-supervisor will be Leimkuhler.
Further details.
Contact: Sebastian Reich
This is part of Section 2 of the MASIE project.

James Montaldi