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Collection of selected papers by prominent Brazilian mathematician
Significant contributions to the area of dynamical systems and great influence on the development of the area
Palis is recognized as father of the Latin American School of Mathematics in Dynamical Systems and one of the most important scientific personalities on the continent
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The Theory of Dynamical Systems was first introduced by the great mathematician Henri Poincaré as a qualitative study of differential equations. For more than forty years, Jacob Palis has made outstanding contributions to this area of mathematics. In the 1970s, following in the wake of Stephen Smale, he became one of the major figures in developing the Theory of Hyperbolic Dynamics and Structural Stability.
This volume presents a selection of Jacob Palis’ mathematical contributions, starting with his PhD thesis and ending with papers on what is widely known as the Palis Conjecture. Most of the papers included in the present volume are inspired by the earlier work of Poincaré and, more recently, by Steve Smale among others. They aim at providing a description of the general structure of dynamical systems.
Jacob Palis, whose work has been distinguished with numerous international prizes, is broadly recognized as the father of the Latin American School of Mathematics in Dynamical Systems and one of the most important scientific personalities on the continent. In 2010 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for his fundamental contributions in the Mathematical Theory of Dynamical Systems, which has been the basis for many applications in various scientific disciplines.
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Book Title: Jacob Palis - Selected Works
Authors: Jacob Palis
Editors: Welington de Melo
Publisher: Springer Cham
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06967-8Published: 10 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36166-6Published: 05 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 711
Topics: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory, Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds, Ordinary Differential Equations, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics