Probability Seminar: Gordon Slade

  • Date: 10/11/2017
  • Time: 03:00
Lecturer(s):
Gordon Slade, University of British Columbia
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Self-avoiding walk, spin systems, and renormalisation

Description: 

The subject of critical phenomena in statistical mechanics is a rich source of interesting and difficult mathematical problems that touch on combinatorics, probability, and mathematical physics. Self-avoiding walks and lattice spin systems provide fundamental examples. This talk will address recent progress in computing critical exponents for these models, using a rigorous version of Wilson's renormalisation group method.

Other Information: 

Location: ESB 2012
Wed 11 Oct 2017, 3:00pm-4:00pm