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Abstract:
The theory of deterministic chaos studies statistical properties of solutions of non-linear equations and has many applications. The appearance of these properties is connected with intrinsic instability of dynamics.

This lecture was held by Abel Laureate Yakov Grigorevich Sinai at The University of Oslo, May 21, 2014 and was part of the Abel Prize Lectures in connection with the Abel Prize Week celebrations.

Program for the Abel Lectures 2014
1. "Now everything has been started? The origin of deterministic chaos" by Abel Laureate Yakov Sinai, Princeton University and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. "Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy and homogeneous dynamics" by Professor Gregory Margulis, Yale University
3. "Between mathematics and physics" by Konstantin Khanin, University of Toronto
4. "Mathematical billiards and chaos" a science lecture by Domokos Szász, Eötvös University, Budapest