Workshop at Peyresq, France

May 30 - June 3,  2011


"Spectral gap in dynamical systems, number theory and PDEs"

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This conference is part of the program  "Spectral methods in classical and quantum chaos"  financed by the French research agency ANR.


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  Nalini Anantharaman (Orsay), Frédéric Faure (Grenoble),, Colin Guillarmou (ENS Paris), Laurent Michel (Nice), Frédéric Naud  (Avignon), Stéphane Nonnenmacher  (CEA Saclay), Johannes Sjöstrand (Dijon).

 



Presentation

 
The topic of the conference is centered on spectral gap phenomena in dynamical
systems, number theory and PDEs, with some emphasis put on the
manifolds of negative curvature. Applications of such spectral gaps
(e.g. in counting problems), as well as alternative methods of proving
convergence to some "equilibrium", will be covered too.

The village of Peyresq lies about 100km away from Nice, in the beautiful
Southern Alps. It hosts an international conference center, managed by
the "Association européenne pour la culture et l'humanisme artistique
et scientifique"
.


Mini courses


Invited Speakers


Schedule


Monday, May 30
Tuesday, May 31 Wednesday, June 1 Thursday, June 2 Friday, June 3
8h    - 9h
Breakfeast, Welcome
Breakfeast Breakfeast Breakfeast Breakfeast
9h    - 9h50 M.Tsujii 1
A.Gamburd 1
A.Gamburd 2
A.Gamburd 3
S.Zelditch
10h - 10h50 C.Liverani M.Tsujii 2
M.Tsujii 3
H.Helfgott
K.Datchev
11h  -11h30
Coffee
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
11h30-12h20 V. Petkov V.Baladi
D.Borthwick
A.Kontorovich
P.Perry
12h30  Lunch break
 Lunch break  Lunch break  Lunch break  Lunch break
13h30-16h
Free time
Free time Free time Free time
16h   -16h30
Coffee
Coffee Coffee Coffee
16h30-17h20
T.Roblin
D.Bakry
Free timeD.Jacobson

17h30-18h20
M.Peigné
C.Mouhot
Free time V.Ivrii

18h30-19h20
D.Mayer
F.Hérau
Free time S.Gouezel

19h30
Dinner
Dinner Dinner Dinner


Other Participants

(*): to be confirmed.


Enjoy the place

Peyresq is a small village situated at an altitude of 1500m,
"at the end of the road". After being almost abandoned in the 50',
the village has been renovated in the 50'-70' by a few belgian university people. More informations here.


Practical information

Arrival: Sunday May, 29th:

Departure friday June 3d:

Other possibilities:

Train des pignes:

The scenic train des pignes connects Nice with Annot in about 2 hours. Here is a special  time table for this period. Be aware that the train station of "train des pignes" is in Nice center and is different from the SNCF train station (the national train network).
Getting to Peyresq


We look forward to having you in Peyresq!



Pictures Gallery

Here are the nice photos of Peter Perry.
Here are the photos by Frédéric Faure.