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Title:  Old and new uses of Garding-type inequalities in numerical analysis of the Helmholtz equation.

Abstract: The concept of a Garding inequality is key in the analysis of second-order linear elliptic PDEs such as the Helmholtz equation. This concept is also key in the numerical analysis of the finite-element method (FEM) -- a very popular method for computing approximations to solutions of the Helmholtz equation.

In this talk I will review the classic uses of the Garding inequality in the FEM for Helmholtz, and then present a new use of a Garding-type inequality in this context.

No knowledge of numerical analysis or the finite-element method will be needed to understand this talk!