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James H. Nolen

Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
Box 90320, Durham, NC 27708-0320
120 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Mondays 10:30am-12:00
Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:30  

Overview


My research is in the area of probability and partial differential equations, which have been used to model many phenomena in the natural sciences and engineering.  Asymptotic analysis has been a common theme in much of my research.  Current research interests include: stochastic dynamics, interacting particle systems, reaction-diffusion equations, applications to biological models.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Mathematics · 2021 - Present Mathematics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


USING BERNOULLI MAPS TO ACCELERATE MIXING OF A RANDOM WALK ON THE TORUS

Journal Article Quarterly of Applied Mathematics · January 1, 2024 Featured Publication We study the mixing time of a random walk on the torus, alternated with a Lebesgue measure preserving Bernoulli map. Without the Bernoulli map, the mixing time of the random walk alone is O(1/ε2), where ε is the step size. Our main results show that for a ... Full text Cite

The Fleming-Viot Process with McKean-Vlasov Dynamics

Journal Article Electronic Journal of Probability · August 3, 2022 Featured Publication The Fleming-Viot particle system consists of N identical particles diffusing in a domain U⊂Rd. Whenever a particle hits the boundary ∂U, that particle jumps onto another particle in the interior. It is known that this system provides a particle representat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Brownian bees in the infinite swarm limit

Journal Article Annals of Probability · 2022 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


RTG: Training Tomorrow's Workforce in Analysis and Applications

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2026

Support for Southeastern Probability Conference

ConferenceCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2024

CAREER: Research and training in stochastic dynamics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2020

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Texas, Austin · 2006 Ph.D.
Davidson College · 2000 B.S.