The notion of a Poisson algebra was probably introduced in the first time by A.M. Vinogradov and J. S. Krasil’shchik 1975 under name “canonical algebra” Braconnier his short note “Algèbres de Poisson” (Comptes rendus Ac.Sci) 1977.

others of dynamical properties of group automorphisms. I am grateful to Richard Miles for comments. One specific warning: the footnotes are not intended to make sense until after all the lectures – and the lectures of the other speakers – have happened. The final 7 lectures given will cover 1–6 and one further topic.

1 These notes give a more detailed account of the material discussed in lectures. Exercises are for your own convenience and will not be looked at during the lectures. 1 These lecture notes are based on the first two chapters of Introductory lectures on fluctuations of Lévy processes with applications by A.E.Kyprianou, published by Springer, 2006.