Course Identification

Title:

Topics in Dynamical Systems

Code:

20254151

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Omri Sarig

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Monday, 16:00 - 18:30, Ziskind, Rm 1

First Lecture:

04/11/2024

End date:

27/01/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Mathematics and Computer Science: Lecture; 3.00 points
Physical Sciences: 3.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

Some familiarity with point set topology and measure theory,

A quick review of these topics will be given in class.

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:19/11/2024

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Final:

100%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

1

Syllabus

The course will present an overview of the qualitative theory of dynamical systems, including an introduction to topological dynamics, ergodic theory, and the theory of hyperbolic dynamical systems

Learning Outcomes

A familiarity with the basic concepts used to analyze the qualitative behavior of dynamical systems.

Reading List

A. Katok and B. Hasselblatt: Introduction to the modern theory of dynamical systems, Cambridge University Press

M. Brin and Garrett Stuck: Introduction to dynamical systems, Cambridge University Press

P. Walters: An Introduction to ergodic theory, Springer

Website

https://www.weizmann.ac.il/math/sarigo/home