Boyu Li, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
“Asymptotic Distributions of Noncrossing Partitions”
A noncrossing partition is a partition that has no crossing. It plays an important role in recent study of free probability. I will focus on its combinatorical side and show many surprising combinatorical properties it has. Then, I will present some of its asymptotic results. If time permits, I will also discuss some related problems.