Generalized crumpling : Structures and scaling in elastic sheets

 

Abstract

I will discuss some questions that arise out of a study of crumpled sheets and their higher dimensional generalizations. In particular, I will discuss the structures that arise in crumpled sheets, and their scaling properties. I will discuss the open issues in the analysis of this problem and also talk about how this problem relates to many interesting questions in diverse fields including Differential geometry, Optimization and the Calculus of variations, Material science and Gauge Field theories.