Event
Applied Dynamics Seminar: Edward Ott| University of Maryland
Thursday, April 13, 2017
12:30 p.m.
ERF 1207
Taylor Prendergast
301 405 4951
tprender@umd.edu
Speaker: Edward Ott
Speaker's Institution: University of Maryland|
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Department of Physics
Title: Chaotic Dynamics in the Physical Sciences
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.