Peter Sternberg
Computer Science · Indiana University
Publications
119
Citations
4,122
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
39
Publishing since 1988
Peter Sternberg studies the mathematics of how physical systems form patterns and defects, using tools from the analysis of partial differential equations and the calculus of variations. Much of the work focuses on models like Ginzburg-Landau and Allen-Cahn equations, which describe phenomena such as superconductivity, phase transitions, and the alignment of liquid crystals. Some projects combine mathematical modeling with physical experiments on materials like nematic and ferroelectric liquid crystals.
Publication activity has remained steady over the last decade, averaging around 3-4 papers per year with a slight uptick in recent years.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026
- A Ginzburg–Landau Problem on a Circular Cone
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis · 2026
- Compensation effects for anisotropic energies of two-dimensional unit vector fields
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society · 2026
- Local minimizers in 3d of vector Allen-Cahn with a quadruple junction.
Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations · 2026
- Minimizing solutions of degenerate vector Allen–Cahn equations with three wells in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>ℝ</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> </mml:math>
Comptes Rendus Mathématique · 2026
- Towards an asymptotic analysis of the anisotropic Ginzburg–Landau model
Annales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Mathématiques · 2025
- Local minimizers in $3$d of vector Allen-Cahn with a quadruple junction
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
- Minimizing solutions of degenerate Allen-Cahn equations with three wells in $\mathbb{R}^2$
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2025
- Conic sections in ferroelectric nematics: Experiments and mathematical modeling
Physical Review Research · 2024
- Allen–Cahn solutions with triple junction structure at infinity
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics · 2024
- On sections of complex line bundles over surfaces minimizing a Ginzburg-Landau energy
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
- Towards an asymptotic analysis of the anisotropic Ginzburg-Landau model
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
- Conic sections in ferroelectric nematics: experiments and mathematical modeling
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024
- On Sections of Complex Line Bundles Over Surfaces Minimizing a Ginzburg–Landau Energy
Journal of Nonlinear Science · 2024
- Topological transformations of a nematic drop
Science Advances · 2023
- Solutions of the Ginzburg–Landau equations with vorticity concentrating near a nondegenerate geodesic
Journal of the European Mathematical Society · 2023
- arXiv (Cornell University)×14
- SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis×3
- Journal of Nonlinear Science×2
- Journal of Differential Equations×2
- Quarterly of Applied Mathematics×2
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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.
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