Advances in Dynamics Seminar

 

The Advances in Dynamics Seminar is an online forum held once per term, dedicated to exploring the latest breakthroughs in the field of dynamical systems.

Organizing Committee

Zhiqiang Li (Peking University, China)

Misha Lyubich (Stony Brook University, USA)
Michael Yampolsky (University of Toronto, Canada)

 

Seminar 2

Date and Time: 28 May 2026, 8am-12pm US Eastern time / 8pm-12am China time

Zoom Meeting ID: 850 3302 8146
Passcode: 331058

Talks:

Speaker 1 Sylvain Crovisier (Université Paris-Saclay, France)

Title: A Closing Lemma for Hénon maps of R2.
Abstract: I will discuss some dynamical properties of mildly dissipative diffeomorphisms of the plane, which includes Hénon maps with jacobian smaller than 1/4. Some years ago we proved with Enrique Pujals a closing lemma: the support of any invariant measure is contained in the closure of the set of periodic points. I will present a stronger version of this closing lemma and state some consequences. In particular any ergodic measure is supported on a periodic orbit, on an homoclinic class or on an odometer. (Collaboration with E. Pujals)

 

Speaker 2 Andrey Mironov (Novosibisrk State University, Russia)

Title: Integrable billiards inside cones.
Abstract: We study Birkhoff billiards inside cones in $\mathbb{R}^n$. We show that every trajectory inside a cone over a $C^3$ strictly convex closed hypersurface embedded in $\mathbb{R}^{n-1}$ with non-degenerate second fundamental form undergoes only finitely many reflections. Using this result, we prove that the system is both superintegrable and completely integrable. To our knowledge, this provides the first example of an integrable billiard in which the billiard table is neither a quadric nor composed of pieces of quadrics. The results are obtained with Siyao Yin.

 

Speaker 3 Selim Ghazouani (University College London, UK)

Title: A conjecture about parabolic dynamical systems
Abstract: A parabolic dynamical system is, loosely, a smooth diffeomorphism whose orbits exhibit slow (polynomial) sensitivity to initial conditions. In this talk, I will make the case for the following conjecture: unlike the handful of examples that are well-understood, the generic parabolic dynamical system satisfies the central limit theorem. This case will be based upon numerical experiments and heuristic considerations.

 

Speaker 4 Amie Wilkinson (University of Chicago, US)

 

Title: TBC
Abstract: TBC

 

 

Seminar 1

Date and Time: 11 December 2025, 8-11am US Eastern time / 9pm-12am China time

Zoom Meeting ID: 827 8743 3327 

Passcode: 692502

Talks:

Speaker 1 Raphaël Krikorian (Institut Polytechnique De Paris, France):

 

Title: Exotic rotation domains and Herman rings for quadratic Hénon maps
Abstract: Quadratic Hénon maps are polynomial automorphism of $\mathbb{C}^2$ of the form $h:(x,y)\mapsto (\lambda^{1/2}(x^2+c)-\lambda y,x)$. They have constant Jacobian equal to $\lambda$ and they admit two fixed points. If $\lambda$ is on the unit circle (one says the map $h$ is conservative) these fixed points can be elliptic or hyperbolic. In the elliptic case, a simple application of Siegel Theorem shows (under a Diophantine assumption) that $h$ admits many quasi-periodic orbits with two frequencies in the neighborhood of its fixed points. Surprisingly, in some hyperbolic cases, S. Ushiki observed some years ago what seems to be quasi-periodic orbits though no Siegel disks exist. I will explain why this is the case. This theoretical framework also predicts and mathematically proves, in the dissipative case ($\lambda$ of module less than 1), the existence of (attractive) Herman rings. These Herman rings, which were not observed before, can be produced in numerical experiments.

 

Speaker 2 Bertrand Deroin (CNRS - CYU, France):

 

Title: Towards a Structural Stability Theory for Holomorphic Foliations on Algebraic Complex Surfaces
Abstract: I'll review work done in collaboration with Aurélien Alvarez, aiming at developing a theory of structural stability for holomorphic foliations on compact complex surfaces. Important new examples are the Jouanolou foliations of the complex projective plane, and the fundamental properties they satisfy allow us to define a more general family of foliations on arbitrary algebraic surfaces, which we call Jouanolou-type foliations. I will present these conditions, as well as some of their properties, and, time permitting, I will state a number of conjectures. 

 

Speaker 3 Giovanni Forni (CYU, France - University of Maryland, USA)

 

Title: On the dynamics of billiards in polygons
Abstract: In this talk we will survey several results on the dynamics of billiards in polygons. These include results on their ergodic theory (weak mixing), KAM-type results on stability of invariant surfaces of rational billiards under perturbations and existence of periodic orbits. Part of the work is in collaboration with F. Arana Herrera and J. Chaika.

 

 

 


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