Seminar time: Thursdays 10:20-11:15am.
Location: Cockins Hall (CH) 212.
August 29:
September 5:
September 12:
September 19:
September 26: Paul Duncan (Indiana)
Title: Lattice Gauge Theory via a Cellular Representation
Abstract: A central question in the Potts model of magnetism concerns the relationships between distant spins at different temperatures. These correlations were fruitfully studied using the random-cluster model of percolation, which encodes the spin correlations in a dependent random graph. We will discuss an extension of this idea to higher dimensions, in which Potts lattice gauge theory, a model which assigns spins to edges instead of vertices, can be understood through a dependent random cubical complex. Based on joint work with Ben Schweinhart.
October 3:
October 10: Fall Break, No Seminar.
October 17:
October 24: Matthew Lerner-Brecher (MIT)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
October 31: Mikhail Tikhonov (Virginia)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
November 7: Jacob Richey (Rényi Institute)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
November 14: Zongrui Yang (Columbia)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
November 21: Jingheng Wang (Ohio State)
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
November 28: Thanksgiving Break, No Seminar.
December 5: