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Marden Lecture 2022: Dr. Amie Wilkinson
April 22, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The 33rd Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents:
University of Chicago
Friday, April 22nd at 2pm
Lubar Hall, Room N140
The mathematics of déjà vu
Dynamics is an area of mathematics concerned with the motion of spaces (“dynamical systems”) over time. Dynamics has its roots in the late nineteenth century, when it was developed as a tool to understand physical phenomena, such as the motion of gas molecules in a box and planets around the sun. A simple and yet powerful concept in dynamics is that of recurrence. In everyday language, recurrence is the mathematical version of déjà vu: a motion of a space is recurrent if, given enough time, it eventually returns to its original configuration (allowing for a small amount of error). In this talk, I will describe how mathematical results about recurrence can be used to answer surprisingly disparate questions, from the mixing and unmixing of two ideal gases in a box, to deep properties of the prime numbers, to the discovery of exoplanets in nearby solar systems.
Refreshments and reception immediately following.
3pm – 5pm: EMS E495
Sponsored by the Miriam and Morris Marden Fund, the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and the College of Letters & Science. For more information, contact math-staff@uwm.edu or (414) 229-4836.