Quasi-periodic solutions in twist mappings. A variational approach.

Series
Dynamical Systems Working Seminar
Time
Friday, October 6, 2017 - 3:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 154
Speaker
Prof. Rafael de la Llave – School of Mathematics, Georgia Tech
Organizer
Jiaqi Yang
We will present an introduction to the results of S. Aubry and J. Mather who used variational methods to prove the existence of quasi-periodic orbits in twist mappings and in some models appearing in solid state Physics.