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SUMMARY:Learning Seminar
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DESCRIPTION:LEIGH FOSTER\, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO\n\n_Learning Seminar on 
 lozenge tilings and the single dimer model_\n\nThe study of lozenge tiling
 s and of the dimer model is a\nwell-established area of research\, going b
 ack to the 1960's and\n\nstill subject to active research at present. (Som
 e references\, also\nshowing connections to other directions of research\,
 \n\nare listed below.) We will start the learning seminar on this topic\nw
 ith a series of three meetings giving an introduction\n\nto the dimer mode
 l in its single-dimer version\, and considered on a\nfinite hexagonal grid
 .\n\n--In the first meeting\, on January 27\, we will introduce the single
 \ndimer model and we will discuss its connection to other\n\ncombinatorial
  objects\, with particular emphasis on the connection\nbetween the dimer m
 odel and the notion of \"stack of\n\nboxes\".\n\n--In the second meeting\,
  on February 3\, we will discuss enumeration\nquestions related to the con
 figurations introduced\n\nin the preceding week.\n\n--The third meeting\, 
 on February 10\, will be open to requests from the\naudience. One potentia
 l direction for this meeting\n\nwill be to look at some probabilistic resu
 lts on random dimer\nconfigurations of a given shape\, as well as various 
 limit shape\n\nphenomena\, pointing to the study od some intriguing object
 s called\n\"amoebas\".\n\nThe learning seminar is intended to continue aft
 er the reading week\,\ncovering the more recent research topic of double-d
 imer\n\nand more generally multiple-dimer models.\n\nThe seminar is addres
 sed to all interested audiences\, with very few\nassumptions regarding bac
 kground knowledge.\n\nCome\, listen and ask questions - everyone is welcom
 e\, and\ninterruptions are hoped for!\n\nMC 5403
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