Virtual colloquium by

Prof. Amie Wilkinson

(University of Chicago)

Chair of the colloquium: Prof. Mahan Mj (TIFR Mumbai)

Release of the lecture video on YouTube: June 21, 2022 at 18:00 hrs Indian time

Interactive session on Zoom: July 14, 2022 at 19:00 hrs Indian time

Title: Asymmetry in dynamics

Abstract: We shall initially discuss what symmetries mean in the context of dynamical systems of different flavors: complex analytic, Hamiltonian, or smooth. We shall then discuss progress towards a resolution of a conjecture of Smale: a generic smooth dynamical system has only trivial symmetries.