Special Session 34: 

Center Manifold Bifurcations and their Dynamical Implications

Eduard Kirr
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
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Abstract:
A large class of infinite dimensional Hamiltonian dynamical systems model wave propagation. Their center manifolds play an essential role in describing the dynamics and in applications where they correspond to coherent structures i.e., solutions which propagate without changing shape. I will present recent results concerning bifurcations of center manifolds and their dynamical consequences in nonlinear Schr\{o}dinger equation.