For more information about this meeting, contact Svetlana Katok.
| Title: | Billiard table as a mathematician's playground |
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| Seminar: | PMASS Colloquium |
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| Speaker: | Anatole Katok, The Pennsylvania State University |
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| Abstract: |
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| The title of this lecture may be understood in two ways. Literally, in
a somewhat lighthearted way: mathematicians play by launching
billiard balls on tables of various forms and observe (and also
try to predict) what happens. In a more serious sense, the
expression ``playground'' should be understood as ``testing grounds'':
various questions, conjectures, methods of solution, etc. in the theory
of dynamical systems are ``tested'' on various types of billiard
problems. I will try to demonstrate using some accessible examples that at least the second
interpretation deserves a serious attention. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB113 |
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| Date: | 02 / 17 / 2011 |
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| Time: | 02:30pm - 03:20pm |
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