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SUMMARY:Emergence of Symmetry in Planar Probability - Dr. Nathanaël Beres
 tycki (Stats Lab)
DTSTART:20141124T203000Z
DTEND:20141124T213000Z
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CONTACT:Mary Fortune
DESCRIPTION:I will describe several simple and natural random systems whic
 h exist on the two-dimensional infinite square grid. Often there is a "cri
 tical point" for these systems. At this point\, it has been predicted for 
 more than 30 years that these systems acquire an unexpected symmetry: inva
 riance under conformal transformations of the complex plane.\n\nI will exp
 lain what that means\, discuss some examples\, and try to convey a few ide
 as about remarkable progress which has taken place in the last 15 years to
  describe these objects rigorously\, notably Schramm's famous SLE random c
 urves.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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