2009 Probability Seminar - 01
- Date: 01/14/2009
Lecturer(s):
Allan Sly (UC Berkeley)
Location:
University of British Columbia
Topic:
Mixing in Time and Space
Description:
For Markov random fields temporal mixing, the time it takes for the
Glauber dynamics to approach it's stationary distribution, is closely
related to the spatial mixing properties of the measure such as
uniqueness and the reconstruction problem. Such questions are of
importance in probability, statistical physics and theoretical computer
science. I will discuss some recent progress in understanding the
mixing time of the Glauber dynamics for the Ising model and for random
colourings of graphs.
Schedule:
3:00pm-4:00pm, WMAX 216
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