Stéphane Lafortune

Professor

Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Université de Montréal, and Université Paris VII

M.S. in Physics, Université de Montréal

B.S. in Physics, Université de Sherbrooke

Research Interest

Nonlinear wave theory and integrable systems. I am particularly interested in the stability of coherent structures in partial differential equations (PDE). I make use of Hamiltonian structures and the Evans function technique to study the stability of solutions to PDEs appearing in the description of elastic materials, flame propagation and other applications. As far as integrable systems are concerned, I am mainly interested in integrability detectors for continuous, discrete, and ultra-discrete equations.

Selected Publications

A complete list of publications can be found here.