Document Type
Lecture
Publication Date
11-12-2015
Abstract
The study of mechanical systems has a several centuries long history of major scientific advances and discoveries. In particular, within the last 100 years two qualitatively distinct features, namely stability and stochastic-like behavior, have been studied with various success in a variety of contexts (e.g., the solar system and Brownian motion). In this talk, I will describe a few examples which are addressing the question of (1) how it is possible that even simple mechanical systems can behave like a random system, and (2) how it is possible to predict the evolution of mechanical systems with very many constituents. The presentation is intended to be self-contained and accessible to non-experts.
Relational Format
presentation
Recommended Citation
Grigo, Alexander, "On some mathematical problems related to the foundations of (classical) statistical mechanics" (2015). Dynamical Systems Seminar. 9.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/math_dynamical/9
