IMA Public Lectures: Patterns Patterns Everywhere; Martin Golubitsky

Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) Public Lecture Series Patterns Patterns Everywhere 7:00pm, March 7, 2007, Willey Hall 125 Martin Golubitsky (Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mathematics University of Houston) Regular patterns appear all around us: from vast geological formations to the ripples in a vibrating coffee cup, from the gaits of trotting horses to tongues of flames, and even in visual hallucinations. The mathematical notion of symmetry is a key to understanding how and why these patterns form. In this lecture Professor Golubitsky will show some of these fascinating patterns and explain how mathematical symmetry enters the picture.