A Brief Biographical Sketch of Ken Meyer

Based on recent conversations with Ken Meyer, H.S. Dumas gives `the briefest possible' outline of Ken Meyer's academic life, followed by a chronological survey of some of the best and most representative parts of his work.

A brief biography of Carmen Chicone

Carmen Chicone is well known for his research in dynamical systems and applied mathematics. In May 2006, a Dynamical System Workshop was held at the University of Missouri-Columbia in honor of Carmen Chicone's 60th birthday (see also the report in DSWeb Magazine). Yuri Latushkin and Weishi...

A Brief Biography of George R. Sell

Victor Pliss (St Petersburg State University, Russia) wrote this brief biography of George Sell, which will also appear in a special issue of the Journal of Differential Equations in honor of Sell's 65th birthday.

An interview with Jack K. Hale

Professor Jack K. Hale is a world renowned leader and among the most influential persons in the field of nonlinear dynamics in our age. He was an originator and pioneer in many important areas in the interface of dynamical systems and differential equations including nonlinear...

An interview with Jacob Palis

Jacob Palis is world-famous for his work on the fundamental theory of hyperbolic dynamical systems and more recently for proposing a global scenario for a typical system in parameter space and a typical trajectory in the space of events. He is one of the most influential mathematicians...

An interview with James A. Yorke

Jim Yorke, also known as Dr. Chaos, is famous for coining the mathematical term "chaos" (with T.Y. Li in a 1975 paper entitled Period Three Implies Chaos). Tim Sauer (George Mason University) talked to him at the Joint Mathematics Meeting, January 7-10, 2004 in Phoenix, Arizona. A story...

CODEE - Community of Ordinary Differential Equation Educators

Bob Borrelli of Harvey Mudd College introduces the NSF-funded online repository of materials related to the teaching and learning of ordinary differential equations.

Crawford prize winners revisited: Björn Sandstede

The Crawford prize is awarded biannually since 2001 at the `Snowbird' conferences by the SIAM activity group on dynamical systems for recent outstanding work on a topic in nonlinear science. In a planned series of articles we invite the winners to write about their mathematical biography, their...

Crawford prize winners revisited: Dwight Barkley

The Crawford prize is awarded biannually since 2001 at the `Snowbird' conferences by the SIAM activity group on dynamical systems for recent outstanding work on a topic in nonlinear science. In a series of articles we invite the winners to write about their mathematical biography, their work,...

Cultural and culinary delights with AUTO

Eusebius Doedel is famous in dynamical systems as the man behind the software package AUTO. He is (almost) equally well known for his many travels and his love for good wine and good food, not to mention a good cigar! Hinke Osinga asked him how he managed to satisfy his appetite for foreign...

Dynamical Systems and Climate: Opportunities for Involvement

Mary Lou Zeeman describes the state of dynamical systems activities and opportunities in the field of Climate dynamics and modeling. This article is a follow up to Zeeman's May 2008 article Climate Math in San Diego.

Dynamical Systems and Software Tools

John Guckenheimer talked to Hinke Osinga at the recent SIAM Conference on Applied Dynamical Systems about the role of software development in dynamical systems, the growing demand for tools to investigate complex dynamical systems, and the roles of mathematics and computer science...

Enjoying a small college

Aaron Hoffman shares his impressions on teaching and doing research at Olin College, a one of a kind undergraduate, engineering-only college whose brand centers around project-based learning.

Finding Appropriate Dynamics for the Social Sciences

The growing area of "mathematical social sciences" has provided valued insights for several disciplines, but a key aspect of this development desperately needs help from mathematicians who are skilled in dynamical systems. Namely, although "change" obviously is a central feature for all of the...

History and Origins of the Korteweg-de Vries Equation

Recently, Eduard de Jager (University of Amsterdam) posted a very nice overview paper on the archives discussing the origins of the Korteweg-de Vries equations. He provides a taster for the readership of DSWeb Magazine, which is a free translation by Hinke Osinga of a related shorter article...

Homology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Tools from the purportedly abstract field of algebraic topology are finding their way into applied mathematics, and Robert Ghrist of the University of Pennsylvania is helping lead the invasion. Ghrist and colleagues use ideas from homology to solve perplexing problems arising in sensor networks,...

In Memoriam for Floris Takens, 12 November 1940 – 20 June 2010

Translation of the eulogy given by Henk Broer at the funeral of Floris Takens on August 25, 2010.

In the memory of Jaroslav Stark, 17 June 1960 – 6 June 2010

Jaroslav Stark commemorated by Paul Glendinning. This will be published in the August 2010 issue of 'Mathematics Today', the IMA's members publication.

Interview with Freddy Dumortier

Freddy Dumortier is well known for his work in bifurcation theory, blow-up techniques and slow-fast systems. His 60th birthday was celebrated in April 2007 in Hasselt and Brussels with the conference Dynamics in Perturbations. Bernd Krauskopf used this opportunity to talk to him at the...

Interview with Herbert B. Keller

Herb Keller is well known in dynamical systems as the person who invented pseudo-arclength continuation. However, his work ranges as wide as scattering theory, fluid dynamics, and numerical analysis, and his publications span almost 60 years! At a workshop in Bristol, March 21-24, 2005, he...

Interview with Sebius Doedel on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Exactly four years ago, DSWeb Magazine published an interview with Sebius Doedel, author of over seventy research papers and creator of the widely used software package AUTO. Last week, we caught up with him and raised the glass to an occasion Sebius was planning to let pass quietly...

Jerrold E. Marsden, 1942-2010

Jerry Marsden, one of the world's pre-eminent mechanicians and applied mathematicians, died on September 21st, 2010 after a 12-year battle with cancer. Phil Holmes and Richard Murray commemorate Jerry.

Knight Floris Takens

Floris Takens is famous for his work on bifurcation theory, strange attractors and the nature of turbulence. Bernd Krauskopf interviewed Floris on the occasion of a special ceremony conducted at the University of Groningen where a painted portrait of Floris Takens was unveiled. On this same...

Leading indicators of critical transitions: theory or practice?

Vasilis Dakos, Egbert van Nes, and Marten Scheffer summarize their recent results published in Nature on early-warning signals for critical transitions in a variety of systems ranging from fisheries to climate to financial markets.

Mark Iosifovich Vishik and His Work

Award Ceremony of the Honorary Doctorate at the Free University of Berlin in December 2001.