Complex Dynamics reading group
Tentative schedule
We will meet in the common room a little before the scheduled times on the following days before moving to an appropriate location.
Term 1
Thursday 26 September 2019 (2pm-3pm) - Julia sets and Fatou sets (Tasos)
Wednesday 2 October 2019 (2pm - 3pm) - Julia sets and Fatou sets II (Tasos)
Wednesday 9 October 2019 (2pm - 3pm) - Attracting and repelling periodic orbits I (Solly)
Tuesday 15 October 2019 (9am - 10am) - Attracting and repelling periodic orbits II (Solly)
Tuesday 15 October 2019 (11am - 12am) - The quadratic family I - A taste of quadratic dynamics (Thomas)
Tuesday 22 October 2019 (10am - 12am) - The quadratic family II - Towards the quadratic family (Thomas)
Wednesday 30 October 2019 - The quadratic family II - Towards the quadratic family (Thomas)
Wednesday 6 November 2019 (2pm - 4pm) - Fatou components and parabolic fixed points (Selim)
Wednesday 13 November 2019 (2pm - 4pm) - Parabolic fixed points (Selim)
Term 2
Wednesday 11 February 2020 (10am-12pm) - Recap session
Notes
References
- Dynamics in One Complex Variable, Milnor
- The Orsay Notes, Douady and Hubbard
- Complex Dynamics, Carleson and Gamelin