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 about chaos, interdisciplinary research and the legs of an elephant.

Dynamics of Structured Systems

The "Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach" is an international research centre situated in the middle of the Schwarzwald in the south-western part of Germany. The Institute organizes around 50 one-week workshops per year where about 60 people gather for talks, research, and the famous walk through the woods for the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. This is an excerpt of the official report on the workshop held December 14-20, 2003 that was organized by Wolf-Jürgen Beyn, Bernold Fiedler, and John Guckenheimer.

New Faces Lead SIAG/DS

The new officers and advisory board members for SIAM's Activity Group in Dynamical Systems have begun their two year terms. Thanks to those who participated in last fall's elections.

Brain Drain: Fighting the Tide

Brain drain has always plagued the developing world, depriving it of badly needed scientific manpower, as many of their brightest minds head toward wealthier and more developed areas of the globe in search for better salaries and better working environments. Marcelo Viana interviewed Marcus Sarkis, an applied mathematician, who traded a most promising career in the United States for an equally promising and even more challenging career in his native Brazil.

Vibrational Mechanics: Nonlinear Dynamic Effects, General Approach, Applications

Author: Iliya I. Blekhman
Reviewer: G.H.M. van der Heijden, University College London, UK

Books in brief

Very short reviews

An Introduction to Dynamical Systems: Continuous and Discrete

Author: Clark Robinson
Reviewer: Todd Young, Department of Mathematics, Ohio University, Athens OH, USA

Nonlinear Analysis and its Application to Differential Equations

Editors: M.R. Grossinho, M. Ramos, C. Rebelo, and L. Sanchez Reviewer: Dario Bambusi, Department of Mathematics, Milano, Italy

Dynamical Systems in Barcelona

Research in Dynamical Systems was started by Carles Simó and now involves about 50 researchers and 20 PhD students from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.