Speakers

18/11/2024

Speaker:  Aline Melo (Federal University of Ceará, Brasil)

Title: Analiticity of Lyapunov exponent of i.i.d. multiplicative process.

Abstract: In this talk, we extend the results and methods of Y. Peres from a finite to an infinite (but compact) space of symbols. In other words, we establish the analiticity of the maximal Lyapunov exponent for i.i.d. random product of matrices as a function of the transition probabilities. Our approach combines the spectral properties of the associated Markov operator with the theory of holomorphic functions in Banach spaces. This is a joint work with Artur Amorim and Marcelo Durães.

31/10/2024 (PT I), 07/11/2024 (PT II) and 14/11/2024 (PT III)

Speaker:  Filiphe Veiga (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil)

Title: Continuity Properties of Lyapunov Exponents for Surface Diffeomorphisms

Abstract: In this seminar, we discuss the work of Buzzi, Crovisier, and Sarig, where they prove a relationship between Lyapunov exponents and entropy in smooth surface diffeomorphisms. We outline the main theorem, which asserts that, in a smooth setting, continuity of entropy implies continuity of Lyapunov exponents for ergodic measures.

16/10/2024

Speaker:  Moghaddamfar Kambiz (Federal University of Ceará, Brasil)

Title: Introduction to Autonomous Diffeomorphisms and Their Classification on Compact 2-Manifolds 

Abstract: The notion of autonomous diffeomorphisms is essentially inspired by a work of A. Zeghib in 1995, where the terminology "autonomous" was introduced. This lecture introduces the concept of autonomous diffeomorphisms on smooth parallelizable manifolds. An autonomous diffeomorphism is defined as a transformation where the derivative cocycle, representing the derivative of the diffeomorphism in matrix form, remains constant with respect to a chosen framing across the manifold. The focus is on the classification of these diffeomorphisms on compact 2-manifolds, their connection to affine geometry, and the classification of the manifolds that admit such a structure. We will also discuss the initial idea of how the method used in two dimensions can be extended to higher dimensions.

08/10/2024

Speaker: Raquel Saraiva (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brasil)

Title: Example of discontinuity for the Lyapunov exponents for SL(2, R)-valued cocycles in the α-Hölder topology

Abstract: In 2010, Bocker and Viana presented an example of a discontinuity point for the Lyapunov exponents as a function of the cocycle relative to theα-Hölder topology. The linear cocycle taking values in SL(2, R) is defined over a Bernoulli shift and the perturbations are constructed under some conditions related to α and the norm of the cocycle. Butler, in 2018, improved the hypothesis of Bocker-Viana but he restricted the probability measure considered. He constructs locally constant cocycles arbitrarily close to the original one with small Lyapunov exponents. In this talk, with a stronger condition than Butler but without restricting the measure, we show that the original cocycle can be approximated by locally constant cocycles with zero Lyapunov exponents. In particular, this extends Bocker-Viana result. This is a joint work with Edhin Mamani

03/10/2024

Speaker: Moghaddamfar Kambiz (Federal University of Ceará, Brasil)

Title: Exploring Partially Hyperbolic Diffeomorphisms in Three Dimensions via Autonomous Dynamics

Abstract: The classification of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in dimension three has been studied for years and is still an active area of research. Rigidity of these diffeomorphisms, under additional conditions, has been explored in both smooth and topological contexts.

In this talk, we introduce a notion of autonomous dynamical systems proposed by A. Zeghib and use it to prove the rigidity of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms on closed compact three-manifolds, assuming certain smoothness conditions on their associated framing. 

The geometrical approach used here may allow us to extend the result to higher dimensions.

12/10/2024

Speaker: Ian Melbourne (University of Warwick, Inglaterra)

Title: Wong-Zakai approximation of stochastic integrals 

Abstract: A standard question in the theory of stochastic processes is how to interpret stochastic integrals (Ito, Stratonovich, and so on). The idea of Wong-Zakai approximation is to approximate stochastic processes by smooth processes. Studying the limits of the integrals for the smooth processes should give insight into the correct interpretation of the stochastic integrals.

I will review the classical results on success/failure of this program. Then I will discuss recent contributions from the theory of deterministic dynamical systems for the cases when integration is with respect to Brownian motion or a stable Levy process.

10/10/2024

Speaker: Carlos Matheus (CNRS/École Polytechnique, França)

Title: Exponential mixing for frame flows on many pinched negatively curved manifolds 

Abstract: Frame flows are isometric extensions of geodesic flows obtained from parallel transport of orthonormal frames along geodesic paths. The dynamics of this kind of flow often provides useful insight in several rigidity questions in Differential Geometry: for a very recent example, one might consult the work of Filip, Fisher and Lowe. In this talk, we shall discuss a joint work with Thibault Lefeuvre and Martin Leguil about the speed of mixing of frame flows associated to pinched negatively curved manifolds.

04/10/2024

Palestrante: Jamerson Bezerra (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Polônia)

Title: A dynamical Thouless formula

Abstract: In the context of dynamically defined Schrodinger operators, the Thouless formula provides a strong relation between the behaviour of the Lyapunov exponent of the associated Schrodinger cocycle and the distribution measure of the elements of the almost sure spectrum - the integrated density of states (IDS). Indeed, this formula is the essential tool to translate the regularity properties of the Lyapunov expoent to the IDS.

In this talk we are going to discuss how to generalize this formula for winding family of affine cocycles and how to use it to obtain information concerning the regularity of the Lyapunov exponents of random cocycles.