Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar - Terrence George
Title: Arctic curves for groves
Speaker: | Terrence George |
Affiliation: | University of Michigan |
Zoom: | Contact Stephen Melczer |
Abstract:
The limit shape phenomenon is a "law of large numbers" for random surfaces: the random surface looks macroscopically like the "average surface". The first result of this kind was the celebrated arctic circle theorem for domino tilings of the aztec diamond. The limit shape has macroscopic regions with different qualitative behavior, and the arctic curve is the boundary separating these regions.