Summer School 2010

Clay Mathematics Institute 2010 Summer School

Probability and Statistical Physics in Two and more Dimensions

July 11 - August 7, 2010
Buzios, Brazil


Program: Week1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4


In the past 10 to 15 years, various areas of probability theory related to rigorous statistical mechanics, disordered systems and combinatorics have enjoyed an intensive development. A number of these developments deal with two-dimensional random structures. The questions related to critical systems are two-fold: Understanding large-scale properties of lattice-based models (on a periodic deterministic lattice or in the case where the lattice is itself random) and, on the other hand, being able to construct and manipulate a continuous object that describes directly their scaling limits.

In the case of a fixed planar lattice, a number of conjectures originating in the physics literature have now been proved, but many questions remain open. In the case of statistical physics on random planar graphs, sometimes referred to as quantum gravity, many results have been recently understood and a relation between discrete and continuous structures is now emerging. The aim of this school is to provide a complete picture of the current state of the art in these and related topics.

Foundational Courses

Mini-Courses

Summer School Page Maintained at IMPA

Scientific Committee

Lecturers

List of Participants

Evening Talks