Topological Dynamics and Applications: A Volume in Honor of Robert Ellis : Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Retirement of Robert Ellis, ... of Minnesota

Contains papers from an April 1995 conference, explaining the modern theory of topological dynamics and presenting applications in areas such as ergodic theory, combinatorial number theory, and differential equations. Part I discusses abstract theory of topological dynamics, with material on new topics in the theory of dynamical systems, such as weak almost-periodicity and hidden eigenvalues. Part II demonstrates the power of abstract techniques by reporting on applications and other dynamical results in areas including random walks on groups, multiple recurrence, and residuality and orbit equivalence. Part III examines applications to non-autonomous linear differential equations. Of interest to graduate students and research mathematicians working in ergodic theory, topological dynamics, differential equations, and dynamical systems. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.