Minimizing the Length — and the Algebra

Mark Levi provides an interesting mechanical solution to a common elementary calculus problem.

Addressing Climate Change, Boosting Environmental Resilience, and Advancing Clean Energy

Alejandro Aceves, Hans Kaper, and Sven Leyffer reflect on the recent findings and recommendations of the SIAM Climate Task Force.

Delayed Hopf Bifurcations in ODEs and Reaction-Diffusion PDEs

Theo Vo of Monash University talks about delayed Hopf bifurcations, and explains their appearance in ordinary and partial differential equations.

A Novel Method for Computing Spectral Stability of Standing Waves

Jonathan Jaquette of Boston University discusses numerical methods useful in establishing the stability and instability of nonlinear waves using conjugate points and the Maslov index.

Recently Published Books in Dynamical Systems

Here is a list of some of the recently published books in dynamical systems. Should you be interested in reviewing one of these, or any other book that you think would be useful, please contact the book reviews editor (James Meiss; jdm (at) colorado.edu).

Vale Claudia Wulff

It is with great regret that we report on the recent passing of Dr Claudia Wulff.

Recently Published Books in Dynamical Systems

Here is a list of some of the recently published books in dynamical systems. Should you be interested in reviewing one of these, or any other book that you think would be useful, please contact the book reviews editor (James Meiss; jdm (at) colorado.edu).

May 2021 Prize Spotlight

Congratulations to J. D. Crawford Prize winner Igor Mezić and Jürgen Moser Lecture prize winner Lai-Sang Young!

Report on SIAM DS21

Daniel Cooney reflects on DS21.

Quenched Stripes: Wavenumber Selection and Dynamics

Ryan Goh of Boston University discusses the effect of quenching in the Swift-Hohenberg equation as a model for spacial growth.