Kalendarium
29
March
Mathematical Colloquium, "Boolean Functions, Critical Percolation and noise sensitivity", Jeff Steif (Chalmers and University of Gothenburg)
Jeff Steif (Chalmers and University of Gothenburg)
Title: Boolean Functions, Critical Percolation and noise sensitivity
Abstract:
I will introduce and discuss the notion of noise sensitivity for Boolean functions, which captures the idea that certain events are very sensitive to small perturbations. While a few examples will be given, the main example which we will examine from this perspective is so-called 2-dimensional critical percolation from statistical mechanics. There will also be some connections to combinatorics and theoretical computer science. The mathematics behind the story includes, among other things, Fourier analysis on the hypercube. No background concerning percolation or Fourier analysis will be assumed.
Om händelsen
From:
2023-03-29 15:15
to
16:15
Plats
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Room: Hörmander
Kontakt
magnus [dot] goffeng [at] math [dot] lth [dot] se