Gero Friesecke

I am professor of mathematics at TU Munich. email: gfma.tum.de Address: Boltzmannstr. 3 Zentrum Mathematik, TU München D-85747 Garching, Germany Office: 03.08.054 Tel: +49-89-289-17908 (secretary: Frauke Bäcker, Mon-Thu 7:30-15:00)

Research interests

• Electronic structure of atoms and molecules
• Calculus of variations
• Molecular dynamics
• Multiscale methods
• Nonlinear waves

Administrative positions

• I hold the Chair for Analysis at TU Munich
• I am co-director of the EPSRC network Mathematical challenges of molecular dynamics , U.K.
• I am co-editor of
  • Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (1999-present)
  • SIAM Journal of Mathematical Analysis (2000-2004)
  • Applied Mathematics Research Express (2004-present)

Short CV

• since 2004: Professor (C4), TU Munich
• 2001-2004: Professor, University of Warwick, U.K.
• 1998-2001: Professor, University of Oxford, U.K.
• 1998: Offer of Professor (C4), Universität Bonn (declined)
• 1997-1998: University Lecturer, University of Oxford, U.K.
• 1993-1997: Postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University, Universität Freiburg, ETH Zürich
• 1990-1993: PhD student in mathematics at Heriot-Watt University, U.K.
• 1985-1990: Undergraduate student in mathematics and physics, Universität Bonn

Prizes

• Research Prize of the Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach, 1995
• Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society, 1999

Publications

• L. Ambrosio, G. Friesecke, J. Giannoulis, Passage from quantum to classical molecular dynamics in the presence of Coulomb interactions, to appear in Comm. PDE, 2009 http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1205 
• G. Friesecke, B. Schmidt, A sharp version of Ehrenfest's theorem for general self-adjoint operators, to appear in Proc. Roy. Soc. London, 2009
• G. Friesecke, O. Junge, P. Koltai, Mean field approximation in conformation dynamics, Multiscale Model. Simul. Vol. 8 No. 1, 254-268, 2009 Article  Preprint 
• G. Friesecke, M. Koppen, On the Ehrenfest theorem of quantum mechanics, J. Math. Phys. 50, 082102, 2009 Article  Preprint 
• G.Friesecke, B.D.Goddard, Asymptotics-based CI models for atoms: properties, exact solution of a minimal model for Li to Ne, and application to atomic spectra, Multiscale Model. Simul. Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 1876-1897, 2009 Article  Preprint 
• G.Friesecke, B.D.Goddard, Explicit large nuclear charge limit of electronic ground states for Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, Ne and basic aspects of the periodic table, SIAM J. Math. Analysis Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 631-664, 2009 Article  Preprint 
• G.Friesecke, The Schrödinger eigenvalue equation of quantum mechanics and stationarity of the particle density, submitted, 2007
• S.Capet, G.Friesecke, Minimum energy configurations of classical charges: Large N asymptotics, Appl. Math. Research Express, doi:10.1093/amrx/abp002, 2009 Article  Preprint 
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, S.Müller, A hierarchy of plate models derived from nonlinear elasticity by Gamma-convergence, Arch. Rat. Mech. Analysis 180 No. 2, 183-236, 2006 Article  Preprint 
• G.Friesecke, J.Ch.Wehrstedt, An elementary proof of the Gregory-Mengoli-Mercator formula 1 - 1/2 + 13 - 1/4 + - ... = log 2, Math. Intelligencer 28 no. 3, 4-5, 2006 Article 
• P.Gill, A.Gilbert, S.Taylor, G.Friesecke, M.Head-Gordon, Decay behaviour of least-squares coefficients in auxiliary basis expansions, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 061101, 2005 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.L.Pego, Solitary waves on Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices: IV. Proof of stability at low energy, Nonlinearity 17 229-252, 2004 Article  Review 
• G.Friesecke, R.L.Pego, Solitary waves on Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices: III. Howland-type Floquet theory, Nonlinearity 17 207-228, 2004 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.L.Pego, Solitary waves on Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices: II. Linear implies nonlinear stability, Nonlinearity 15 1343-1359, 2002 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.L.Pego, Solitary waves on Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices: I. Qualitative properties, renormalization and continuum limit, Nonlinearity 12 1601-1627, 1999 Article 
• G.Friesecke, The multiconfiguration equations for atoms and molecules: charge quantization and existence of solutions, Arch. Rat. Mech. Analysis 169, 35-71, 2003 Article 
• G.Friesecke, On the infinitude of nonzero eigenvalues of the single-electron density matrix for atoms and molecules, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A 469, 47-52, 2003 Article 
• G.Friesecke, K.Matthies, Geometric solitary waves in a 2D mass-spring lattice, Discrete and Continuous Dyn. Systems - Series B Vol 3 No 1, 105-114, 2003
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, M.G.Mora, S.Müller, Derivation of nonlinear bending theory for shells from three-dimensional nonlinear elasticity by Gamma-convergence, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. I 336, 697-702, 2003 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, S.Müller, The Föppl-von Karman plate theory as a low energy Gamma limit of nonlinear elasticity, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. I 335, 201-206, 2002 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, S.Müller, Rigorous derivation of nonlinear plate theory and geometric rigidity, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Ser. I 334, 173-178, 2002 Article 
• G.Friesecke, F.Theil, Validity and failure of the Cauchy-Born hypothesis in a two-dimensional mass-spring lattice, J. Nonl. Sci. 12 No. 5, 445-478, 2002 Article 
• G.Friesecke, K.Matthies, Atomic-scale localization of high-energy solitary waves on lattices, Physica D 171, 211-220, 2002 Article 
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, S.Müller, A Theorem on Geometric Rigidity and the Derivation of Nonlinear Plate Theory from Three-Dimensional Elasticity, Commun. Pure Appl. Math. Vol LV, 1461-1506, 2002 Preprint  Review 
• G.Friesecke, R.D.James, A Scheme for the Passage from Atomic to Continuum Theory for Thin Films, Nanotubes and Nanorods, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 48, 1519-1540, 2000 Article 
• K.Bhattacharya, G.Friesecke, R.D.James, The mathematics of microstructure and the design of new materials, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 8332-8333, 1999 Article 
• G.Friesecke, G.Dolzmann, Implicit time discretization and global existence for a quasilinear evolution equation with nonconvex energy, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 28, 363-380, 1997 Article 
• G.Friesecke, J.B.McLeod, Dynamic stability of nonminimizing phase mixtures, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A 453, 2427-2436, 1997 Article 
• G.Friesecke, Pair correlations and exchange phenomena in the free electron gas, Commun. Math. Phys. 184, 143-171, 1997 Article 
• K.Lankers, G.Friesecke, Fast, large-amplitude solitary waves in the 2D Euler equations for stratified fluids, Nonlinear Anal. 29 no. 9, 1061-1078, 1997 Article 
• A.DeSimone, G.Friesecke, On the problem of two linearized wells, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 4 no. 3, 293-304, 1996 Article 
• G.Friesecke, J.B.McLeod, Dynamics as a mechanism preventing the formation of finer and finer microstructure, Arch. Rat. Mech. Analysis 133, 199-247, 1996 Article 
• G.Friesecke, A necessary and sufficient condition for nonattainment and formation of microstructure almost everywhere in scalar variational problems, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A 124 no. 3, 437-471, 1994 Review 
• G.Friesecke, J.A.D.Wattis, Existence theorem for solitary waves on lattices, Comm. Math. Phys. 161 no. 2, 391-418, 1994 Article 
• G.Friesecke, Convergence to equilibrium for delay-diffusion equations with small delay, J. Dynam. Differential Equations 5 no. 1, 89-103, 1993 Article 
• G.Friesecke, Exponentially growing solutions for a delay-diffusion equation with negative feedback, J. Differential Equations 98 no. 1, 1-18, 1992