Workshop on Dynamical Systems

February 15, 2000 - May 15, 2000

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Purpose:

The purpose of the proposed workshop is to bring together some of the foremost active and influential researchers in dynamical systems so as to foster and to enhance research programs in Hong Kong and in China as a whole. These experts will give month-long intensive lecture series on their most current research. They will discuss future directions in the areas of their interests, and to lead discussions in working seminars where open problems of different levels will be proposed and hopefully solved. The goal is to produce some very specific results at the end of the program.

Programme (A):

Lecture Series :

• Lecture Series One
  Title: Hamiltonian Dynamics and Aubry-Mather Theory
  Speaker: Prof. John Mather, Princeton University.
  Date : Every Wednesday and Friday (February 16 - March 10)
  Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
  Venue: Room B6605, Blue Zone, Level 6, Academic Block, City University of Hong Kong.
  
• Lecture Series Two
  Title: Surface Diffeomorphisms
  Speaker: Prof. John Franks, Northwestern University.
  Date: Every Monday & Thursday (March 16 - April 13)
  Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
  Venue: Room 503, Mong Man Wai Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  
• Lecture Series Three

Programme (B):

Short Lectures, Informal Lectures and Discussions:

1. Title: Action-Minimizing Orbits (I & II)
   Speaker: Prof. Chong-Qing Cheng, IMS of CUHK & Mathematics Department of Nanjing University.
   Date: February 24, 2000, Thursday (Part I)
   Date: March 2, 2000, Thursday (Part II)
   Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
   Venue: Room 503, Mong Man Wai Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2. Title:Existence of Connecting orbits among Denjoy minimal sets of area-preserving monotone twist maps
   Speaker: Dr. Wei CHENG, IMS of CUHK & Mathematics Department of Nanjing University.
   Date: February 28, 2000, Monday
   Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
   Venue: Room 503, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK.
3. Title: Stickiness Effect and Diffusion
   Speaker: Dr. Yi-Sui Sun, City University of Hong Kong & Nanjing University.
   Date: March 6, 2000, Monday
   Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
   Venue: Room 503, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK.
4. Title: Closing Lemma for equivariant dynamical systems
   Speaker: Dr. Xiao-Feng Wang, IMS of CUHK & Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University.
   Date: March 9, 2000, Thursday
   Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
   Venue: Room 503, Mong Man Wai Building, CUHK.

Organizing Committee:

Prof. Jeff Xia (Northwestern University, USA)
Prof. Chong-Qing Cheng (Nanjing University, China)

Sponsors:

• Zheng Ge Ru Foundation.
• The Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

Further Informations:

Please contact Prof. Jeff Xia by email xia@math.nwu.edu

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