MERCREDI 01 JUILLET 2009 14 heures Salle Séminaire 5 Centre de Physique Théorique Marseille-Luminy Ricardo Coutinho Group of Mathematical Physics of the University of Lisbon and Department of Mathematics, Instituto Superior Técnico, T U Lisbon Title: Planar fronts in bistable coupled map lattices Abstract: Planar fronts in multidimensional coupled map lattices can be studied by reduction to an one-dimensional extended dynamical system that generalises one-dimensional coupled map lattices. This methodology is fully investigated and developed. Continuity of fronts velocity with the coupling strength and with the propagation direction is proven. Examples are provided and illustrated by some numerical pictures.