The goal of this Minerva summer school is to introduce young researchers and PhD-students to the dynamics of homogeneous flows including some very recent developments. We will focus on actions of algebraic groups on homogeneous spaces of finite invariant measure. There will also be thorough background lectures on ergodic theory, algebraic groups and the rich theory describing their interplay.
This summer school is part of and mainly funded by the German-Israeli Minerva summer school program of the Minerva foundation.
There will be 5 lecture series. The first lecture starts Sunday at 10:00, and the last lecture ends Friday before lunch. The lectures series are:
| Alex Furman (UIC, Chicago) | Introduction to ergodic theory |
| Alex Gorodnik (University of Bristol) | Ergodic Theory and Algebraic Varieties |
| Manfred Einsiedler (ETH Zürich) | Flows on surfaces |
| Ratner's measure classification theorem | |
| Jean Francois Quint (Universite Paris 13) | Stationary measures on homogeneous spaces |
In addition, there will be two special lectures by Elon Lindenstrauss.
All lectures take place at the Department of Mathematics of the Technion in Haifa, Israel. For a detailed travel information see here [pdf].
If you want to register, please fill in the registration form (Download) and send it to Eline Zehavi (cms@math.technion.ac.il; Center for Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Technion).
Along with your registration email you can indicate whether you are requesting financial support. The deadline to apply for funding is July 15. We will tell you as soon as possible but at latest a few days after the deadline to what extend we can support your visit to Haifa.
Funding for this Minerva summer school comes mainly from the Minerva foundation for German-Israeli science cooperation. We are grateful for additional support from the following institutions: