GRADUATE SCHOOL ON

ERGODIC THEORY

Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey

Monday 16^th – Thursday 19^th March 2009.

Organisers: Henk Bruin and Ian Melbourne

This graduate school is aimed primarily at PhD students but is also open to postdoctoral fellows and others with interests in ergodic theory and/or dynamical systems.

Dates and times: Arrival Monday morning 16^th March. Lectures Monday afternoon, all day on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 10-12noon on Thursday. Please click here for the full schedule.

Please click here for registration form.

On Friday 20^th March, we are organising a One Day Ergodic Theory Workshop. Participants of the school are welcome to stay on for this workshop, but it is an unrelated event. Please click here for the details of the workshop.

Speakers and topics

Cor Kraaikamp (Delft): Ergodic theory of numbers Download the Lecture Notes.

Ian Melbourne (Surrey): Dynamical systems and probability Lecture Notes to follow shortly

Roland Zweimüller (Vienna): Infinite ergodic theory Download the Lecture Notes.

Costs

Participants need to pay their own registration fee, accommodation, travel and meals. If you are an EPSRC funded PhD student your university may be able to refund these costs. Please ask your supervisor or Head of Department.

The registration fee is £100, to cover the expenses of external speakers and other costs of running the course. The fee includes refreshments but no meals.

There is currently accommodation available at the Guildford YMCA, at a rate of £40.75 per night including breakfast. If you require accommodation, please request it through the organisers (see below).

Registration

To register, please use the registration form. or contact Henk Bruin (H.Bruin@surrey.ac.uk) or Ian Melbourne (I.Melbourne@surrey.ac.uk) with an indication of whether you will require accommodation. We will reply to indicate if there are still places on the course. Your place and accommodation will be arranged once payment has been received by the Department. For UK participants we require registration and payment by February 16.