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Mathematical Research at the University of Cambridge

 

We study eigenfunction localization for higher dimensional cat maps
(linear symplectic maps in Sp(2g, Z)), a popular model of quantum
chaos. Under natural assumptions, we show that there is a density one
sequence of integers N so that as N tends to infinity along this
sequence, all eigenfunctions of the quantized map at the inverse
Planck constant N are uniformly distributed. Compared to the the two
dimensional case, higher dimensions requires a new techniques,
including additive combinatorics and properties of tensor product
structures for the cat map. "One good prime is all you need."

Further information

Time:

12May
May 12th 2026
15:30 to 16:30

Speaker:

Pär Kurlberg (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology)

Series:

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series