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Title: Symbolic dynamics for chaotic maps
Speaker: Omri Sarig
Speaker Info: Weizmann Institute of Science
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"Symbolic dynamics" is a powerful technique for describing the combinatorial structure of large collections of orbits of dynamical systems with "chaotic" behaviour. I will describe this technique, and will report on recent advances on the question what sort of "chaos" is needed to this method to succeed. The talk is meant for a general audience, including people with little or no background in dynamical systems.