Symbolic Dynamics
Brian Marcus (University of British Columbia)Jan 5, 2027 — Apr 27, 2027
About the course
Symbolic Dynamics is a part of the theory of dynamical systems, with strong connections to ergodic theory and information theory. This course will develop the fundamentals of symbolic dynamics, with a focus on classification problems for shifts of finite type and sofic shifts and applications of symbolic dynamics to modelling smooth dynamical systems. The course textbooks will be: An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding, Second Edition, 2021, by Douglas Lind and Brian Marcus and Equilibrium States and the Ergodic Theory of Anosov Diffeomorphisms by Rufus Bowen (with updates and corrections by Jean-Rene Chazottes, 2017)
Registration
This course is available for registration under the Western Dean's Agreement. To register, you must obtain the approval of the course instructor and you must complete the Western Dean's agreement form , using the details below. The completed form should be signed by your home institution department and school of graduate studies, then returned to the host institution of the course.
Enrollment Details
- Course Name
- Symbolic Dynamics
- Date
- Jan 5, 2027 — Apr 27, 2027
- Course Number
- MATH601D
- Section Number
- Section Code
Instructor(s)
For help with completing the Western Dean’s agreement form, please contact the graduate student program coordinator at your institution. For more information about the agreement, please see the Western Dean's Agreement website
Other Course Details
Remote Access
The instructor will write on overhead projectors which will be shared via zoom. Lecture notes will be posted on the course website.
Availability
This course is available to students within the PIMS network, universities beyond the PIMS network and from industry/government.