The following people are in this group:
Mr Alec Chamberlain Cann Mathematics (PhD) a.chamberlaincann@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Jason Tomas Dungca Mathematics (PhD) jd14920@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Alexander Gorodnik Professor of Pure Mathematics Tel. (0117) 3315247 a.gorodnik@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jordan Senior Lecturer in Pure Mathematics Tel. (0117) 3315246 thomas.jordan@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Etienne Le Masson Marie Curie Individual Fellow etienne.lemasson@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Jens Marklof Head of School,Professor of Mathematical Physics and Head of School of Mathematics Tel. (0117) 928 8633 hos-maths@bristol.ac.uk
Mr Davide Ravotti Research Associate davide.ravotti@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Jimmy Tseng Honorary Research Fellow Tel. (0117) 331 1663Telephone Number j.tseng@bristol.ac.uk
Professor Corinna Ulcigrai Professor of Pure Mathematics Fax. (0117) 928 7999Telephone Number corinna.ulcigrai@bristol.ac.uk
Ergodic theory is a branch of pure mathematics that investigates the "chaotic" properties of dynamical systems.
The time evolution of even very simple systems can be completely unpredictable, and one of the key objectives of ergodic theory is to identify and classify measures that are invariant under the time evolution, thus allowing deep insights in the structure of chaotic dynamics.
Simple examples of chaotic dynamical systems include geodesic flows on negatively curved surfaces, and billiard tables with convex scatterers (Sinai billiards).
Ergodic theory has provided powerful tools to solve some outstanding problems in other research fields, e.g., in number theory, combinatorics, quantum chaos and statistical physics.
