Ed Ott - Applied Dynamics Seminar - Chaotic Dynamics in the Physical Sciences

Thursday, April 13, 2017
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
ERF 1027
Daniel Serrano
301 405 6565
dsvolpe@umd.edu

Edward Ott
 
University of Maryland | Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Physics
 
Ed Ott will be the recipient of the 2017 Lewis Fry Richardson Medal from The European Geosciences Union (E.G.U.). In connection with this award, he will give a lecture at the annual E.G.U. Assembly in Vienna, Austria, later this month. This Applied Dynamics Seminar will be a preview of his talk in Vienna.
 
Abstract: Chaos was discovered at the end of the 19th century by Poincare in his famous work on the motion of N>2 celestial bodies interacting through gravitational attraction. Although steady progress was made by mathematicians following Poincare's work, the widespread impact and development of chaos in the physical sciences is comparatively recent, i.e., approximately starting in the 1970's. This talk will review and comment on this history and will give some examples illustrating the types of questions, problems and results arising from perspectives resulting from the widespread participation of physical scientists in chaos research.

Audience: Public 

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