Asymptotics of uniformly random lozenge tilings of polygons. Gaussian free field

[2012/06/21]

We study large-scale height fluctuations of random stepped surfaces corresponding to uniformly random lozenge tilings of polygons on the triangular lattice.

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Random 3D surfaces and their asymptotic behavior

The talk describes the results of [9], [10], and [11] on asymptotic behavior of random lozenge tilings via determinantal structure and double contour integral formulas for the correlation kernel.

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A frozen boundary curve inscribed in a polygon

Asymptotics of Random Lozenge Tilings via Gelfand-Tsetlin Schemes

[2012/02/16]

A Gelfand-Tsetlin scheme of depth $N$ is a triangular array with m integers at level $m$, $m=1,\ldots,N$, subject to certain interlacing constraints. We study the ensemble of uniformly random Gelfand-Tsetlin schemes with arbitrary fixed $N$-th row. We obtain an explicit double contour integral expression for the determinantal correlation kernel of this ensemble (and also of its q-deformation).

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MATH 3081 • Probability and Statistics (2 sections)

[Spring 2012 semester]

Asymptotic representation theory lectures by G. Olshanski (in Russian)

  • Fall 2009
    • Characters of the infinite-dimensional unitary group
    • Shifted symmetric functions
    • Total nonnegativity
    • Factor representations of infinite-dimensional unitary group
    • Point processes related to the unitary groups
  • Spring 2010
    • Schur-Weyl duality
    • Robinson-Schensted correspondence
    • Plancherel measures, difference operators
    • Orbital HCIZ integrals
    • Classification of ergodic central measures on infinite-dimensional Hermitian matrices

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sl(2) Operators and Markov Processes on Branching Graphs

[2011/11/14]

We present a unified approach to various examples of Markov dynamics on partitions studied by Borodin, Olshanski, Fulman, and the author. Our technique generalizes the Kerov’s operators first appeared in [Okounkov, arXiv:math/0002135], and also stems from the study of duality of graded graphs in [Fomin, 1994].

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sl(2) Operators and Markov Dynamics on Branching Graphs

The talk is based on [8] and describes $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{C})$ structures behind Markov jump processes on the Young and related branching graphs

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MATH 1342 • Calculus II for Sci&Eng

[Fall 2011 semester]