Colloque Scientifique International Poincaré 100

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Poincaré's last geometric theorem: a 21st century proof

By Barney Bramham

Poincare's last legacy to mathematics, his ``last geometric theorem'' is now one of the more beautiful elementary statements in dynamical systems. Simple to state but tricky to prove, Poincare himself did not quite live long enough to see the problems' first solution in 1913 by the young American mathematician George Birkhoff. There are now many proofs of this problem and some fascinating generalizations. In this talk I will explain the statement of the theorem and as a curiousity outline yet another proof. The argument I will describe relies on modern tools that were completely unavailable in Poincar\'e's day. But if we take the existence of these tools for granted, a simple picture emerges, which hopefully captures some of the geometric spirit of Poincar\'e's own methods.

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  • Date of recording 20/11/2012
  • Date of publication 28/05/2013
  • Institution IHP
  • Format MP4

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