The 12th AIMS conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications

A report from the 12th AIMS conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications was held in Taipei, Taiwan, from July 5 to July 9, 2018, by Maurizio Grasselli (Politecnico di Milano).

The 2023 SIAM Fellows Include Dynamical Systems Experts

Two members of the SIAM Dynamical Systems Activity Group are inducted as 2023 SIAM Fellows.

The 7th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations

Carmen Chicone and Yuri Latushkin give an account of the 7th American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, held at the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA on May 18-21, 2008.

The 8th AIMS Conference on DynamicalSystems, Differential Equations and Applications

The 8th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications took place from 25 May to 28 May 2010. About 1400 mathematicians and scientists from 50 countries met in the beautiful German city of Dresden to discuss new results and developments in these fields. Here, Thomas Wagenknecht shares his impressions.

The 9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications

Luciano Buono reports from Orlando, Florida.

The answer after a lunch with Arnol'd

Gábor Domokos has written two papers in the 2006 fall issue of The Mathematical Intelligencer, one of them with Péter Várkonyi, on results that arose in answer to a question posed by Arnol'd. Springer has been so kind to permit us reproducing these publications: "My Lunch with Arnol'd" by Gábor Domokos, pages 31-33, and "Mono-monostatic bodies: The answer to Arnold's question" by Péter Várkonyi and Gábor Domokos, pages 34-38, of The Mathematical Intelligencer 28(4) (2006).

The Brain Is a Dynamical System

Lai-Sang Young describes her recent work dynamically modeling interactions in the visual system that accomplish edge-detection and motion-tracking.

The cat's cradle, stirring, and topological complexity

There are several physical situations in which the tangling of a loop is relevant: the game of cat's cradle is a simple example, but a more important application involves the stirring of a fluid by rods. Here we discuss how elementary topology constrains the types of mappings that can occur on a surface, for example when the surface is the domain of a two-dimensional fluid.

The Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality via Springs

Mark Levi describes a physical model of the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality.

The Chaos Avant-Garde: Memories of the Early Days of Chaos Theory

Authors: Ralph Abraham and Yoshisuke Ueda
Reviewer: R. Ghrist, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign USA

The DS track at the 2014 Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting in Chicago, last July, our activity group organised a track of seven minisymposia and a plenary lecture. Track coordinator Lennaert van Veen gives an overview.

The Dynamical Systems Track at ICIAM 2011 in Vancouver

In July of 2011, the semi-annual ICIAM took place in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. As part of the mathematical program of ICIAM, the SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems sponsored a track of minisymposia. Evelyn Sander describes some highlights.

The Dynamics of Control

Authors: Fritz Colonius and Wolfgang Kliemann
Reviewer: V. Zharnitsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign USA

The Dynamics of Rhythm Synchronization in Acorn Ants

Doering gave SIADS MS talk on movement synchronization in acorn ant experiments/models.

The Dynamics of Toys

Many mechanical toys display compelling and subtle dynamical properties. This article includes both modeling and experimental data for two classical examples: The drinking bird, and the balancing stick.