Random Graphs, Phase Transitions, and the Gaussian Free Field
Random Graphs, Phase Transitions, and the Gaussian Free Field

Author: Martin T. Barlow

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 3030320111

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The 2017 PIMS-CRM Summer School in Probability was held at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, during June 5-30, 2017. It had 125 participants from 20 different countries, and featured two main courses, three mini-courses, and twenty-nine lectures. The lecture notes contained in this volume provide introductory accounts of three of the most active and fascinating areas of research in modern probability theory, especially designed for graduate students entering research: Scaling limits of random trees and random graphs (Christina Goldschmidt) Lectures on the Ising and Potts models on the hypercubic lattice (Hugo Duminil-Copin) Extrema of the two-dimensional discrete Gaussian free field (Marek Biskup) Each of these contributions provides a thorough introduction that will be of value to beginners and experts alike.

Introduction to Random Graphs
Introduction to Random Graphs

Author: Alan Frieze

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1107118506

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The text covers random graphs from the basic to the advanced, including numerous exercises and recommendations for further reading.

An Introduction to Random Interlacements
An Introduction to Random Interlacements

Author: Alexander Drewitz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 3319058525

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This book gives a self-contained introduction to the theory of random interlacements. The intended reader of the book is a graduate student with a background in probability theory who wants to learn about the fundamental results and methods of this rapidly emerging field of research. The model was introduced by Sznitman in 2007 in order to describe the local picture left by the trace of a random walk on a large discrete torus when it runs up to times proportional to the volume of the torus. Random interlacements is a new percolation model on the d-dimensional lattice. The main results covered by the book include the full proof of the local convergence of random walk trace on the torus to random interlacements and the full proof of the percolation phase transition of the vacant set of random interlacements in all dimensions. The reader will become familiar with the techniques relevant to working with the underlying Poisson Process and the method of multi-scale renormalization, which helps in overcoming the challenges posed by the long-range correlations present in the model. The aim is to engage the reader in the world of random interlacements by means of detailed explanations, exercises and heuristics. Each chapter ends with short survey of related results with up-to date pointers to the literature.

Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics
Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics

Author: Marek Biskup

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-07-31

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 3540927964

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This volume presents a collection of courses introducing the reader to the recent progress with attention being paid to laying solid grounds and developing various basic tools. It presents new results on phase transitions for gradient lattice models.

Random Graph Dynamics
Random Graph Dynamics

Author: Rick Durrett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-05-31

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1139460889

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The theory of random graphs began in the late 1950s in several papers by Erdos and Renyi. In the late twentieth century, the notion of six degrees of separation, meaning that any two people on the planet can be connected by a short chain of people who know each other, inspired Strogatz and Watts to define the small world random graph in which each site is connected to k close neighbors, but also has long-range connections. At a similar time, it was observed in human social and sexual networks and on the Internet that the number of neighbors of an individual or computer has a power law distribution. This inspired Barabasi and Albert to define the preferential attachment model, which has these properties. These two papers have led to an explosion of research. The purpose of this book is to use a wide variety of mathematical argument to obtain insights into the properties of these graphs. A unique feature is the interest in the dynamics of process taking place on the graph in addition to their geometric properties, such as connectedness and diameter.

Probability and Statistical Physics in St. Petersburg
Probability and Statistical Physics in St. Petersburg

Author: V. Sidoravicius

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2016-04-28

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1470422484

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This book brings a reader to the cutting edge of several important directions of the contemporary probability theory, which in many cases are strongly motivated by problems in statistical physics. The authors of these articles are leading experts in the field and the reader will get an exceptional panorama of the field from the point of view of scientists who played, and continue to play, a pivotal role in the development of the new methods and ideas, interlinking it with geometry, complex analysis, conformal field theory, etc., making modern probability one of the most vibrant areas in mathematics.

Probability on Graphs
Probability on Graphs

Author: Geoffrey Grimmett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1108542999

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This introduction to some of the principal models in the theory of disordered systems leads the reader through the basics, to the very edge of contemporary research, with the minimum of technical fuss. Topics covered include random walk, percolation, self-avoiding walk, interacting particle systems, uniform spanning tree, random graphs, as well as the Ising, Potts, and random-cluster models for ferromagnetism, and the Lorentz model for motion in a random medium. This new edition features accounts of major recent progress, including the exact value of the connective constant of the hexagonal lattice, and the critical point of the random-cluster model on the square lattice. The choice of topics is strongly motivated by modern applications, and focuses on areas that merit further research. Accessible to a wide audience of mathematicians and physicists, this book can be used as a graduate course text. Each chapter ends with a range of exercises.

The Random-Cluster Model
The Random-Cluster Model

Author: Geoffrey R. Grimmett

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-12-13

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 3540328912

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The random-cluster model has emerged as a key tool in the mathematical study of ferromagnetism. It may be viewed as an extension of percolation to include Ising and Potts models, and its analysis is a mix of arguments from probability and geometry. The Random-Cluster Model contains accounts of the subcritical and supercritical phases, together with clear statements of important open problems. The book includes treatment of the first-order (discontinuous) phase transition.