Speaker:
Matteo Casati
Institution:
SISSA
Schedule:
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:30
Location:
A-133
Abstract:
In this talk I will give a bird's eye view on the main notion involved in the geometric description of Hamiltonian systems: the Poisson structure, which maps the [energy associated with the] state of a system into its evolution in time. We will discuss the picture for systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom, whence the notion of Poisson bracket arose, and for continuous systems - discussing some classical examples from hydrodynamics.
This seminar is part of the AJS series of seminars.