Ilya Kofman (College of Staten Island and CUNY Graduate Center) - Geometry of Lorenz knots - December 12, 2011

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 The Lorenz differential equations are the prototypical chaotic
dynamical system with a "strange attractor".  Lorenz knots are
periodic orbits in the Lorenz flow on R^3.  In joint work with Joan
Birman, we identified over half of the simplest hyperbolic knots as
Lorenz knots.  In this talk, I will provide some background, and
discuss recent results about the geometry of Lorenz knots, which is
joint work with Abhijit Champanerkar, Dave Futer, Walter Neumann and
Jessica Purcell. </p>