Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasmas, and Nonlinear Oscillations.

During this period the nine scientists associated with the project produced 76 papers of which 35 have appeared in journals at this time. Many invited lectures, editorships and a chair in mathematics attest to the ability of the principal investigators. In the area of entrainment of frequency in the large involving oscillations of physical systems at resonance and across point of resonance 14 papers were produced. Pareto optimization theorems in optimal control theory account for three papers. Six papers on optical resonance of laser beams in crystals and 11 papers on evolution equations and related problems in shock wave theory, semiconductors, diffusion, combustion kinetics and ecological systems give an idea of the diversity of areas addressed by the functional analytic techniques of Professors Ceasari, Smoller Suryanarayana, Kannan and associates. (Author)