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DESCRIPTION:I will trace over my trajectory in mathematics and physics from gauge\ntheory to the N-body problem by way of the Falling Cat.\nMy first papers were on the motion of an allegedly classical particle\nmoving in a Yang-Mills field. While at MIT Jair Koiller showed me the\nwork of Alfred Shapere and Frank Wilczeck\nwhich induced me to understand the problem faced by a falling cat as a\nproblem in gauge theory.\nThis led to problems in re-orienting robots and control theory which\nled me to subRiemannian geometry and trying to understand what ended\nup being a false `theorem' regarding subRiemannian minimizers.\nI kept up on the cat, simplifying it until the cat became three mass\npoints and found myself working on the three-body problem. This last\nhas dominated my work these last 20 years.\nI will state a few theorems that arose along the way.\n
SUMMARY:From falling cats to the N-body problem
CATEGORIES:Colloque / Congrès / Forum
LOCATION:PER 08\, auditoire 2.52\, Chemin du Musée 3\, 1700 Fribourg
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