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Geometrical RSK and Statistical Physics
Student-Run Geometry/Topology Seminar| Speaker: | Greg Shinault, UC Davis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Mon, Feb 13 2012, 4:10PM |
The RSK correspondence is the key tool used for the solution of several important problems in combinatorics, probability, and statistical physics. There is a geometric version of RSK (tropical RSK) that will prove useful in the study of certain one-dimensional directed polymer models. In this talk we will see what the tropical RSK correspondence is and how it helps study the directed polymer. As a bonus, we will settle once and for all whether it should be called it "tropical" or not.