Self-avoiding walk, spin systems, and renormalisation
Speaker:
Gordon Slade, University of British Columbia
Date and Time:
Monday, October 16, 2017 - 9:30am to 10:30am
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
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.