LONDON DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS GROUP WORKSHOP
 

LDSG Workshop on "Symbolic Dynamics and Number Theory in Statistical Mechanics"

You are invited to attend an afternoon meeting on "Symbolic Dynamics and Number Theory in Statistical Mechanics", to be held at Queen Mary, University of London, 24 February 2006.

Invited Speakers:
Stefano Isola (Universitā di Camerino)
Peter Kleban (University of Maine)
Dieter Mayer (Technische Universität Clausthal)
Anatoly Zhigljavsky (Cardiff University)

All are welcome, and we can provide some financial support for students to attend. Students wanting to claim support should bring travel receipts.


Programme

1:30-2:20 Stefano Isola "Maps, spectra and trees" abstract slides
2:30-3:20 Peter Kleban "The Farey Fraction Spin Chain" abstract slides
- Refreshments -
4:00-4:50 Dieter Mayer "The transfer operator of Rosenīs lambda expansion and period functions for the Hecke triangle groups" abstract slides
5:00-5:50 Anatoly Zhigljavsky "Partitions of the unit interval generated by the Farey points" abstract

All talks will take place in the Mathematics Lecture Theatre. Refreshments will be served in the Mathematics Common Room.

Contact: Thomas Prellberg, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London


This workshop is part of a series supported by the London Mathematical Society. Other meetings in the series:

  • Imperial College, November 16 details
  • University of Surrey, January 27 details
  • University College London, May ?? details
Support for this event from the School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, is gratefully acknowledged.