Statistical Properties of Dynamical Systems

Statistical Properties of Dynamical Systems

Spring Semester 2026
Department of Mathematics
University of Maryland


Schedule

Starting: 26 January, 2026.
End: 08 May 2026.

Monday 13:00-14:15, Room MTH B0429.
Wednesday 13:00-14:15, Room MTH B0429.


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Syllabus, and References

Many dynamical systems behave similarly to a stochastic process; they are (very loosely) called "chaotic".
The course aims to illustrate several different techniques for studying and making precise such phenomena.
I particular, I will discuss the following properties:

  • invariant measures and decay of correlations
  • statistical stability and linear response
  • Central limit Theorem, Large deviations, Invariance principle, extreme values statistics ...

    Such concepts will be investigated by analyzing classes of systems of increasing complexity. More precisely:

  • Expanding maps (smooth and non-smooth)
  • Uniformly hyperbolic maps
  • Uniformly hyperbolic flows
  • Partially hyperbolic maps
  • non-uniformly hyperbolic systems

    I will try to provide some notes for the material that cannot be easily found in print. Some of the topics can be found in:

  • Transfer operators in Hyperbolic Dynamics An introduction, C.Liverani, M. Demers and N. Kiamari. 33 Colloquio Brasilero de Matematica. Editora do IMPA. pp.252 (2021)

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