Research Summary
Research interests: Calculus of variations, especially nonconvex problems with unstable solutions. Structural optimization. Bounds for effective properties of composites. Homogenization. Dynamics of systems from bistable elements. Dynamics of phase transition. Physics and mechanics of heterogeneous bodies. For publications, see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=snCtzBIAAAAJ&hl=en and https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrej_Cherkaev
Education
- (1) PhD (2) Doctor of science: Mathematics and Physics, (1) Applied Math, (2) Theoretical Mechanics, (1) SPbPU, (2) sPb State University. Project: Variational problems in optimal design
Biography
See the CV.
https://www.math.utah.edu/~cherk/publication list.pdf
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
- —G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology