SMS scnews item created by Haotian Wu at Thu 20 Apr 2017 1259
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Expiry: 20 Oct 2017 Calendar1: 27 Apr 2017 1200-1300 CalLoc1: New Law School Annexe SR 344
CalTitle1: Geometry & Topology Seminar: Amie Wilkinson -- Geometry, Lyapunov exponents and rigidity
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Geometry & Topology Seminar
Geometry, Lyapunov exponents and rigidity
Amie Wilkinson (University of Chicago)
Thursday 27 Apr 12:00–13:00 in New Law School Annexe SR 344.
Please join us for lunch after the talk!
Abstract:
To each complete Riemannian manifold is associated a dynamical system — the geodesic flow on the unit tangent bundle . To what extent are the dynamical properties of this flow wedded to the geometry of ?
I will discuss some historical highlights, open questions and recent breakthroughs.
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