1. Preface to the special issue dedicated to james montaldi
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García-Naranjo, Luis C., de León, Manuel, Ortega, Juan Pablo, García-Naranjo, Luis C., de León, Manuel, and Ortega, Juan Pablo
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JOURNAL OF GEOMETRIC MECHANICSdoi:10.3934/jgm.2020028c©American Institute of Mathematical SciencesVolume12, Number3, September2020pp.i–ivPREFACE TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATEDTO JAMES MONTALDIIn August 2018 we held a conference in Guanajuato, Mexico, where several col-laborators and students of James Montaldi had the privilege to homage his scien-tific contributions. James is best known as an expert in singularity and bifurcationtheory, who is a world reference in equivariant Hamiltonian systems, and has anexceptional talent to turn symmetries into insightful theorems about the dynamicsof mechanical systems. His unusual combination of mathematical depth, modesty,integrity and friendly personality, make him a greatly esteemed member of theextended geometric mechanics community.The programme of this exciting meeting, which lasted one week, incorporatedsome of the many areas in which James has worked over the years. During theconference, we heard testimonials of James’ mathematical sharpness, kindness andgenerosity as a supervisor and collaborator, accompanied with many nostalgic ref-erences of a meeting that he organised in Peyresq twenty years ago. This issue oftheJournal of Geometric Mechanicsis a continuation of our celebration of James’career and of our appreciation of having him as a teacher, colleague and friend.
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