Mikefest: A conference in honor of Michael Douglas' 60th birthday

Session

Afternoon chair: Ivan Kostov

11 mai 2022, 14:00

Centre de conférences Marilyn et James Simons (Le Bois-Marie)

15. Remote talk - Random Regular Graphs and Critical Phenomena in the Forest (T: 50mn + Q: 10mn)

Prof. Alexander GORSKY (IITP RAS, MIPT)

11/05/2022 14:00

The partition functions of perturbed ensembles of random regular graphs (RRG) which discretize 2d surfaces and yield perturbed pure 2d quantum gravity will be discussed. The phase transitions for the RRG perturbed by the chemical potentials for short cycles will be demonstrated numerically. The new matrix model for the massive spinless fermions interacting with 2d quantum gravity is found and...

16. Remote Talk - Square Dancing from the Viewpoint of a Mathematical Physicist (T: 50mn + Q: 10mn)

Prof. Greg MOORE (Rutgers University)

11/05/2022 15:00

I will explain what modern western square dancing is and describe some mathematical viewpoints on the subject. The mathematics is neither complex nor deep, but it is fun.

17. Remote Talk - Mike and Matrices (T: 50mn + Q: 10mn)

Prof. Steve SHENKER (Stanford University)

11/05/2022 16:30