Joint IAS/Princeton University Mathematical Physics Seminar

Macdonald Processes and Some Applications in Probability and Integrable Systems

Macdonald processes are probability measures on sequences of partitions de?ned in terms of nonnegative specializations of the Macdonald symmetric functions and two parameters q, t ? [0,1). Utilizing the Macdonald difference operators we prove several results about observables these processes, including Fredholm determinant formulas for q-Laplace transforms. Taking limits and degenerations we arrive at new results in the study of certain directed polymers, branching processes, quantum many body systems, interacting particle systems and stochastic PDEs. This is based on joint work with Alexei Borodin.

Date & Time

November 29, 2011 | 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Location

S-101

Speakers

Ivan Corwin

Affiliation

Microsoft Research & Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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