Yoshihiro Tonegawa
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
Biography
Dr. Yoshihiro Tonegawa, is a Professor of Mathematics at Tokyo Institute of Technology.　His Field of Specialization is Calculus of variations . He have the following Awards and honors: 1- Alfred P. Sloan Dissertation Fellowship (1992). 2- Japan Math. Society, Fukuhara Prize (2010) and 3- Japan Math. Society, Analysis Prize ( 2013 ) His Academic Qualification and Experience: (1993)　Ph.D. in Math. Courant Institute, New York Univ.　Advisor etc. (1993-1996)　Instructor, Department of Math., Rice Univ. (1996-1997)　Researcher, IIMAS, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (1997-2000)　Instructor, Department of Math., Keio Univ. (2000-2008)　Associate professor, Department of Math., Hokkaido Univ. (2008-2015)　Professor, Department of Math., Hokkaido Univ. (2015-present) Professor, Department of Math., Tokyo Institute of Technology
Research Interest
nonlinear PDE, geometric measure theory, minimal surface, mean curvature flow, phase field model, Partial differential equations of elliptic and parabolic types Geometric measure theory and its applications Calculus of variations Minimal surface and mean curvature flow Textbooks I ask my graduate students to read
Publications
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Tonegawa, Y., & Wickramasekera, N. (2012). Stable phase interfaces in the van der Waals–Cahn–Hilliard theory. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal), 2012(668), 191-210.
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Kasai, K., & Tonegawa, Y. (2014). A general regularity theory for weak mean curvature flow. Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 50(1-2), 1-68.
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Tonegawa, Y. (2014). A second derivative Hölder estimate for weak mean curvature flow. Advances in Calculus of Variations, 7(1), 91-138.
