Jacob Palis - Selected Works [Paperback]

The Theory of Dynamical Systems was first introduced by the great mathematician Henri Poincar? as a qualitative study of differential equations. For more than forty years, Jacob Palis has made outstanding contributions to this area of mathematics. In the 1970s, following in the wake of Stephen Smale, he became one of the major figures in developing the Theory of Hyperbolic Dynamics and Structural Stability.

This volume presents a selection of Jacob Palis mathematical contributions, starting with his PhD thesis and ending with papers on what is widely known as the Palis Conjecture. Most of the papers included in the present volume are inspired by the earlier work of Poincar? and, more recently, by Steve Smale among others. They aim at providing a description of the general structure of dynamical systems.

Jacob Palis, whose work has been distinguished with numerous international prizes, is broadly recognized as the father of the Latin American School of Mathematics in Dynamical Systems and one of the most important scientific personalities on the continent. In 2010 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for his fundamental contributions in the Mathematical Theory of Dynamical Systems, which has been the basis for many applications in various scientific disciplines.

A Short Summary of my Scientific Life: J. Palis.- On Morse-Smale Dynamical Systems: ?J. Palis.- Structural Stability Theorems: J. Palis and S. Smale.- A Note on ?-Stability: J. Palis.- Neighborhoods of Hyperbolic Sets: M. Hirsch, J. Palis, C. Pugh and M. Shub.- Hyperbolic Non wandering Sets on Two-Dimensional Manifolds: S. Newhouse and J. Palis.- The Topology of Holomorphic Flows with Singularity: C. Camacho, N.H. Kuiper and J. Palis.- Topological Equivalence of Normally Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems: J. Palis and F. Takens.- Moduli of Stability and Bifurcation Theory: J. Palis.- Characterising Diffeomorphisms with Modulus of Stability One: W. de Melo, J. Palisl�