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Optimal Linear Response: Stochastic Dynamical Systems

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This lecture by the instructor focuses on optimal linear response for stochastic dynamical systems, exploring questions related to perturbations that provoke maximal system responses and strategies to increase mixing rates. The presentation covers the theoretical framework and numerical results for both kernel dynamical systems and advection-diffusion equations.

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