Lab 7 - The parsimonious Universe: minimum and maximum problems in Nature (L. Lussardi)

Nature is always trying to economize. One of the great achievements of mathematics in the last century has been to understand how many natural phenomena happen for the simple reason that they turn out to be optimal. In this meeting we want to offer students a series of examples of mathematical problems from applications (isoperimetric, braschistochrone, catenary, etc...) formulated in terms of minimum problems, showing, also with the help of concrete experiments, that sometimes the solution is not what one expects.

Activities will be held according to the following schedule:

Monday, November 27, h 16-18.30 room 6C (English)

Wednesday, November 29, h 16-18.30 room 6D (Italian)

Friday, December 1, h 16-18.30 room 6C (Italian)