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Paolo Piersanti

Computer Science · Indiana University

Publications

51

Citations

282

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

13

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Paolo Piersanti works in applied mathematics, focusing on the mathematical modeling and analysis of elastic shells and membranes (thin curved structures) and how they behave when they touch or are constrained by obstacles. Much of the work involves proving that solutions to these physical models exist and developing numerical methods to compute them, including applications like the dynamics of ice sheets. This research sits at the intersection of partial differential equations, mechanics, and computational mathematics.

Elastic shell and membrane modelingContact and obstacle problems (variational inequalities)Partial differential equations and existence of solutionsNumerical methods (finite element and penalty methods)Mathematical modeling of ice sheet dynamics

Publication activity grew through the late 2010s, peaked around 2021-2022, and has remained steady in recent years at roughly five to seven papers per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 3 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 9 publications9212022: 8 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 7 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×15
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)×7
  • Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids×6
  • Journal of Differential Equations×2
  • Comptes Rendus Mathématique×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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