Ideas from KPZ in Directed Polymer Models

Abstract

I will discuss how ideas from the Duplantier-Sheffield approach to the KPZ formula can be carried over to the world of directed polymers. The latter does not involve complex analysis but many similar relations nonetheless seem to hold.

Date
Apr 17, 2016 09:00 MDT — 09:30 MDT
Location
North Dakota State University
1210 Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo, ND 58102
Tom Alberts
Tom Alberts
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Utah