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Logic Seminar - Patrick Speissegger

Patrick Speissegger
April 17, 2018
1:45PM - 2:45PM
University Hall 051

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Add to Calendar 2018-04-17 13:45:00 2018-04-17 14:45:00 Logic Seminar - Patrick Speissegger Title: Limit cycles of planar vector fields, Hilbert's 16th problem and o-minimality Speaker: Patrick Speissegger (McMaster University, Canada) Abstract: Recent work links certain aspects of the second part of Hilbert's 16th problem (H16) to the theory of o-minimality. One of these aspects is the generation and destruction of limit cycles in families of planar vector fields, commonly referred to as "bifurcations". I will outline the significance of bifurcations for H16 and explain how logic--in particular, o-minimality--can be used to understand them well enough to be able to count limit cycles.   University Hall 051 Department of Mathematics math@osu.edu America/New_York public

Title: Limit cycles of planar vector fields, Hilbert's 16th problem and o-minimality

Speaker: Patrick Speissegger (McMaster University, Canada)

Abstract: Recent work links certain aspects of the second part of Hilbert's 16th problem (H16) to the theory of o-minimality. One of these aspects is the generation and destruction of limit cycles in families of planar vector fields, commonly referred to as "bifurcations". I will outline the significance of bifurcations for H16 and explain how logic--in particular, o-minimality--can be used to understand them well enough to be able to count limit cycles.

 

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