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Mark Levi, Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
Bicycle tracks, the symplectic group and forced pendula
Abstract: I will describe the above named objects and will describe a surprisingly close connection between them, mentioning also a recent solution of Menzin's conjecture (1906). Some of this talk is based on our joint work with Sergei Tabachnikov, Robert Foote and Warren Weckesser.
