The Chaim Leib Pekeris Memorial Lecture Christiane Rousseau University of Montreal will speak on What can we learn from the singularities? Abstract: The singularities of a dynamical system are usually its equilibrium points. They are heavily studied by the mathematicians, partly because there is a lack of global methods to study the dynamical systems far from their equilibrium points or periodic solutions. But there is much more to this. The singularities and periodic orbits organize the global dynamics. This statement will be illustrated with examples from other sciences, mainly celestial mechanics and the n-body problem. The lecture will take place in the Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium on Wednesday, Mar 21, 2012 at 16:00 Refreshments at 15:45

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