Ohio State is in the process of revising websites and program materials to accurately reflect compliance with the law. While this work occurs, language referencing protected class status or other activities prohibited by Ohio Senate Bill 1 may still appear in some places. However, all programs and activities are being administered in compliance with federal and state law.

Ergodic Theory/Probability Seminar - Kathryn Lindsey

Ergodic Theory/Probability Seminar
October 24, 2019
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Math Tower 154

Title: Thurston's Master Teapot

Speaker: Kathryn Lindsey - Boston College

Abstract: When a multimodal self-map of an interval is postcritically finite (PCF), its growth rate (the exponential of its topological entropy) is a special type of algebraic number called a weak Perron number. W. Thurston plotted the set of all Galois conjugates of growth rates of PCF unimodal maps; this visually stunning image revealed that this set has a rich and mysterious geometric structure. Thurston's Master Teapot is a closely related 3D set. This talk will present some of the basic topological and geometrical properties of these sets. Based on joint work with C. Wu. H. Bray, D. Davis.

Events Filters:

Seminar - Ergodic Theory/Probability