Research
Here are the latest updates for Changhui Tan's research profile.
Here is the Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications.
Critical thresholds in flocking hydrodynamics with nonlocal alignment
Eitan Tadmor, and Changhui Tan
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 372.2028 (2014): 20130401.
Abstract
We study the large-time behavior of Eulerian systems augmented with non-local alignment. Such systems arise as hydrodynamic descriptions of agent-based models for self-organized dynamics, e.g. Cucker & Smale (2007 IEEE Trans. Autom. Control 52, 852–862. (doi:10.1109/TAC.2007.895842)) and Motsch & Tadmor (2011 J. Stat. Phys. 144, 923–947. (doi:10.1007/s10955-011-0285-9)) models. We prove that, in analogy with the agent-based models, the presence of non-local alignment enforces strong solutions to self-organize into a macroscopic flock. This then raises the question of existence of such strong solutions. We address this question in one- and two-dimensional set-ups, proving global regularity for subcritical initial data. Indeed, we show that there exist critical thresholds in the phase space of the initial configuration which dictate the global regularity versus a finite-time blow-up. In particular, we explore the regularity of non-local alignment in the presence of vacuum.
doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0401 | |
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Hierarchical construction of bounded solutions to divU = F
Eitan Tadmor, and Changhui Tan
"Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations", Proceedings of the 2010 Abel Symposium held in Oslo, Sep. 2010 (H. Holden & K. Karlsen eds.), Abel Symposia 7, Springer 2011, 255-269.
Abstract
We implement the hierarchical decomposition introduced in [Ta15], to construct uniformly bounded solutions of the problem \(\nabla\cdot U = F\), where the two-dimensional data is in the critical regularity space, \(F\in L^2_{\#}(\mathbb{T}^2)\). Criticality in this context, manifests itself by the lack of linear mapping, \(F\in L^2_{\#}(\mathbb{T}^2)\to U\in L^{\infty}(\mathbb{T}^2,\mathbb{R}^2)\) [BB03]. Thus, the intriguing aspect here is that although the problem is linear, the construction of its uniformly bounded solutions is not.
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-25361-4_14 | |
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Application of natural neighbor interpolation method in three-dimensional geological model
Yan-jun Guo, Mao Pan, Fei Yan, Zhe Wang, Changhui Tan, and Tiao Lu
Journal of PLA University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), Volume 26, No 1, pp. 185-206 (2016).
Abstract
To enhance the accuracy of three-dimensional geological model, emphasize the high local relevance characteristics of the complex geological bodies, and avoid complicated calculation and dependence on human experience in traditional interpolation methods, the natural neighbor interpolation (NNI) method was used for three-dimensional discrete data interpolation in the process of modeling. But the existing NNI method could not be applied to the boundary interpolation of finite fields, which was the most difficult problem of its application in three-dimensional geological modeling. Based on the geometry of Voronoi Cells and Delaunay Triangles, the shape function was constructed using non-Sibsonian (Laplace) interpolation method. The continuity of the boundary in NNI method was proven, the boundary interpolation was implemented and the computational complexity was reduced. The accuracy and validity of the method were proven by building the city geological model.
doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-3443.2009.06.026 | |
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The paper is related to the undergraduate thesis: Numerical analysis and algorithm design in natural neighbor method.
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Honors and Awards
2013-2014 | Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship |
SIAM Student Travel Award | |
AMS Graduate Student Travel Grant | |
Kaplan Travel Grant | |
2011-2012 | Mark E. Lachtman Graduate Student Award |
Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award | |
2010-2011 | Kaplan Travel Grant |
2008-2010 | Graduate Fellowship in University of Maryland |
2007-2008 | First Honor Graduates in Beijing |
"Outstanding University Graduates" in Peking University | |
2006-2007 | Triple-Good Student in Peking University |
Chinese Economical Research Scholarship | |
2005-2006 | Triple-Good Student in Peking University |
Baogang Scholarship | |
2004-2005 | Triple-Good Student in Peking University |
Guanghua Scholarship |
Conference, Workshops and Seminars
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2021
2021.10.8 | PIMS-SFU Computational Math Seminar, Simon Fraser University. |
Talk: The flow of polynomial roots under differentiation. | |
2021.5.4 | PDE/Analysis Seminar, BICRM, Peking University. |
Talk: Eulerian dynamics in multi-dimensions with radial symmetry. | |
2021.4.19 | Analysis and Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Illinois Chicago. |
Talk: The flow of polynomial roots under differentiation. | |
2021.3.30 | Applied Math & Analysis Seminar, Duke University. |
Talk: Nonlocal traffic flow models and the prevention of traffic jams. | |
2021.3.26 | Zu Chongzhi Colloquium, Duke Kunshan University. |
Talk: The flow of polynomial roots under differentiation. |
2020
2020.11.19 | INS Seminar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. |
Talk: Nonlocal traffic flow models and the prevention of traffic jams. | |
2020.10.28 | Mathematics Colloquium, Old Dominion University. |
Talk: Self-organized dynamics: aggregation and flocking. | |
2020.9.28 | CAM Seminar, Iowa State University. |
Talk: Nonlocal traffic flow models. |