Algebraic Dynamics Seminar at Harvard

We meet in Room 232 of the Science Center, usually on Thursdays at 4pm. Seminars are typically two hours long, with a break in the middle and the second hour for more details. Please email me (Laura DeMarco) if you are interested in joining the email list, so I can send you announcements. The math department is locked, so you should contact me if you are not from Harvard but would like to attend a lecture.

See also the Informal Geometry & Dynamics seminar on Wednesdays.

Next lecture:

Tuesday, September 15, 10:30-11:30am

Snir Ben Ovadia (Hebrew University)

Title: Generalized u-Gibbs Measures for $C^\infty$ Diffeomorphisms

Abstract: We show that for every $C^\infty$ diffeomorphism of a closed Riemannian manifold, if there exists a positive volume set of points with a positive Lyapunov exponent (in a weak sense) then there exists an invariant probability measure with a disintegration by absolutely continuous conditionals on disks subordinated to unstable leaves. As an application, we prove a strong version of the Viana conjecture in any dimension. This is joint work with D. Burguet.


Fall 2026

September 10. Michal Szachniewicz, Harvard
September 15 (Tuesday). Snir Ben Ovadia, Hebrew University
October 29. Ben Church, MIT
November 5. Malavika Mukundan, Boston University


Past talks