Understanding rare events in models of statistical mechanics
Probability Seminar
Jan 22, 2018, 04:10 PM - 05:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Shirshendu Ganguly, UC Berkeley
Statistical mechanics models are ubiquitous at the interface of probability theory, information
theory, and inference problems in high dimensions. In this talk, we will focus on
sparse networks, and polymer models on lattices. The study of rare behavior (large deviations)
is intimately related to the understanding of such models. In particular, we will
consider the rare events that a sparse...