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Dynamics at Maryland
Dynamics at the University of Maryland is
distinguished by its quality, breadth and activity.
The Chaos Group
spans several departments and units on campus.
The nonlinear dynamics program in physics was rated
first in the country in the U.S. News and World Report
rankings. Dynamics is intrinsically wide ranging, and even
within the mathematics department, dynamics activity
goes beyond the core list below, for example in the work of
geometer
Bill Goldman
(ergodic theory on moduli spaces).
The Michael Brin Chair in Mathematics
Vadim Kaloshin
occupies
the Michael Brin Chair in Mathematics.
This position controls
substantial discretionary funds, and is permanent so long
as the appointed person remains a professor of mathematics
at Maryland. There is also a Michael Brin
Postdoctoral Fellow associated with the Chair.
The first Michael Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems was awarded
to Giovanni Forni, at the Brin Prize session in the Spring 2008
Brinfest. For a summary of the prize work, and
more information on the Prize and Giovanni Forni,
go to the Michael Brin Prize page link above.
Click
here to see photos from that first Brin Prize session.
Brinfest
The Spring 2008 meeting
of the semiannual Maryland-Penn State Workshop on
Dynamical Systems and Related Topics was held in
honor of Michael Brin on the occasion of his being 60.
Mathematics Faculty Members in Dynamics
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Stuart Antman:
differential equations, continuum physics and
infinite-dimensional dynamical systems
- Joe Auslander (Emeritus): topological dynamics
- Ken Berg (Emeritus):
ergodic theory and topological dynamics
- Mike Boyle :
symbolic and topological dynamics, ergodic theory, matrix theory
- Michael Brin :
dynamics and geometry
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Dmitry Dolgopyat : smooth dynamics
- Giovanni Forni: ergodic theory,
dynamical systems, geometric function theory, complex analysis,
potential theory
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Brian Hunt : smooth and chaotic dynamics
- Michael Jakobson :
low dimensional chaotic dynamics
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Vadim Kaloshin:
dynamical systems, celestial mechanics
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Dave Levermore : applied mathematics, pde, dynamics
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Jim Yorke :
smooth and chaotic dynamics and applied mathematics
- After many excellent years at Maryland,
Dan Rudolph
moved to the
Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University,
beginning January 2005. There, Dan occupies the
Albert C. Yates Chair of Mathematics.
Postdoctoral fellows
2008-2009
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Yong Zheng
(Brin Postdoctoral Fellow)
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Paul Wright
(NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
sponsored at UMD by Dmitry Dolgopyat)
- Tanya Yarmola
(NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
sponsored at UMD by Vadim Kaloshin)
- Ke Zhang
2007-2008
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Yong Zheng
(the first Brin Postdoctoral Fellow)
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Paul Wright
(NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship,
sponsored at UMD by Dmitry Dolgopyat)
- Ke Zhang
This is a weekly seminar in pure dynamics.
It meets Thursdays 3:30 - 5:30 (in parts I and II
with a break between, with part I more general
and accessible). After that is a social hour.
This meets Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:30.
The weekly applied dynamics seminar brings in a range of visitors
from labs, agencies and other universities in the region,
and typically features a "pizza dynamics" framework: two
twenty minute talks along with lunch.
Beginning in Fall 1990,
the dynamics groups of the University of Maryland and Pennsylvania
State University have jointly sponsored two annual three and half
day meetings in dynamical systems and related topics:
a spring meeting here in College Park, and
a fall meeting in State College.
These meetings, though primarily regional, also attract
participants outside the region and the country.
Along with talks of prominent mathematicians,
the conferences always
include several short talks by graduate students.
Some Dynamics Links
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DSWeb Magazine
(online magazine of SIAM Dynamical Systems Activity Group)
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