1. Shrinking Dimer Dynamics and its Application in Saddle Point Search Open Access Author: Zhang, Jingyan Title: Shrinking Dimer Dynamics and its Application in Saddle Point Search Graduate Program: Mathematics Keywords: Saddle point searchtransition stateShrinking Dimer Dynamicsdimer methodnucleationconstrained Shrinking Dimer Dynamics File: Download mythesis.pdf Committee Members: Qiang Du, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorLudmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee MemberXiantao Li, Committee MemberAlexei Novikov, Committee MemberZhibiao Zhao, Committee MemberZikui Liu, Committee Member