The Workshop --- aiming at a focussed debate and discussion on the mathematics and physics of Chaos, Complexity and the Dynamics of Nature with particular reference to the underlying nonlinearity of this evolutionary process --- will seek to investigate the role of chaos and complexity in the dynamical evolution of nature which is expected to induce a process of reeducation and reorientation to supplement the basically reductionist attitude of modern science. There will be approximately 45-50 hours of lectures by a core body of 10-12 speakers in the 2-week period of the Workshop. In keeping with its goal of providing an open platform for exposition and discourse on the thematic topic, each of the 5-6 lectures a day will be of 75 minutes duration to provide an adequate and meaningful interaction, formal and informal, between the speaker and his audience. The goals of the workshop will be to

• Create an awareness among the participants of the workshop --- drawn from the research and educational institutions in India and abroad --- of the role and significance of nonlinearity in its various manifestations and forms.
• Present an overview of the strong nonlinearity of chaos and complexity in natural systems both from the mathematical as well as physical point of view. The relevant mathematics will be drawn from the following areas: topology, measure-theory, inverse and ill-posed problems, set-valued analysis, and nonlinear functional analysis.
• Explore the role of non-extensive thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in nonlinear systems.
• Motivate the teaching and research of nonlinear sciences in educational and research institutions.

Duration of Workshop

This intensive Workshop is expected to run for a period of two weeks March 14 to March 27, 2004

Registration Fee

Rs 2500 by A/C Payee Bank Draft payable to "Nonlinear-Kanpur 2004" to be mailed to Professor Brahma Deo, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.