Abstract:
I will talk about a particular and very simple random surface model, the
so-called
stepped surfaces. Their macroscopic
shape is dictated by the law of large numbers
that makes a very large random
surface to have a nonrandom shape in first
approximation. This nonrandom shape is found from a variational problem and
turns out to be an algebraic curve
in disguise. The finer, random
details of
the random surface may be
determined from a certain quantization of this algebraic
curve. This quantized, noncommutative curve will be the main character in my talk.
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October 29th,
Wednesday, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mathematics 520
Tea will be served at 4:30pm