Subject: Maxima by Example: Ch. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 18:59:51 -0600
On 5/3/09, Edwin Woollett <woollett at charter.net> wrote:
> Both Wisdom and Sussman are computational physics
> heroes whose work is well known for their prediction
> of the long run chaotic future of the solar system.
Wisdom gave a talk at the 1995 SIAM conference at Snowbird
about the future of the solar system. There was a guy in the
audience who stood up in the q&a session and challenged his
conclusions -- I was told these 2 went to the same conferences
and criticized each other's work, in a friendly scientific way, of
course. It is reassuring that in the avalanche of trivialities that
is life in our modern age, someone at least is worrying about
the important stuff -- namely the FATE of the WORLD.
Broad interest in nonlinear dynamics might have peaked
around 1995. One professor told me around that time,
"I was doing nonlinear dynamics before it was popular and
I'll still be doing it when it is unpopular again." If anyone knows
what's happening in the nonlinear world I'd be interested to hear
about it.
best
Robert Dodier