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Complex Dynamics: Twenty-Five Years after the Appearance of the Mandelbrot Set Sunday, June 13- Thursday, June 17, 2004 Organizing Committee: In 1979 mathematicians received their first computer-generated glimpses of the incredibly complicated objects in dynamical systems known as the Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Given the intricacy of these objects, together with the fact that they arise from the simple quadratic expression (where and are complex), it is little wonder that the field of complex dynamics exploded in the early 1980s, with many major breakthroughs occurring during the ensuing twenty-five years. At this time the field of complex dynamics extends well beyond the original confines of quadratic dynamics. Current research topics include the investigation of the dynamics of rational and entire functions, numerical methods such as Newton's method, higher-dimensional complex systems, and many other areas. The goal of the conference will be to bring together researchers in all of these areas of complex dynamics. The conference will provide a forum for researchers to explain recent findings, develop new areas of inquiry, and initiate future collaborations. The morning lectures will include overviews of particular areas of complex dynamics by established researchers, while the afternoon sessions will be devoted to research reports by the younger generation of complex dynamicists. Participation of recent Ph.D.'s as well as advanced graduate students is encouraged, as is the participation of minorities and women. Further information about the conference is available at the website maintained by the organizers: http://math.bu.edu/snowbird. A tentative list of speakers includes: J.-Y. Briend, X. Buff, R. Chamanara, A. Cheritat, L. DeMarco, A. Douady, R. Dujardin, N. Fagella, E. Ghys, S. Hruska, J. Kahn, B. Karpinska, N. Lakic, K. Pilgrim, and J. Smillie. |
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