An M-dependent process X(n) on the integers, is a process for which every event concerning with X(-1),X(-2),... is independent from every event concerning with X(M),X(M+1),... Such processes play an important role both as scaling limits of physical systems and as a tool in approximating other processes. A question that has risen independently in several contexts is: "is there an M dependent proper colouring of the integer lattice for some finite M?"

A dimension gap for continued fractions with independent digits (after Kifer, Peres and Weiss)

Abstract: It was noticed in the 30's by Doeblin & Forte that Markov operators with "chains with complete connections" act quasi-compactly on the Lipschitz functions. These are operators like the transfer operators of certain expanding C^2 interval maps (e.g. the square of Gauss map). It is folklore that stochastic processes generated by smooth observables under these maps satisfy many of the results of "classical probability theory" (e.g. CLT, Chernoff inequality). I'll try to explain some of this in a "lunchtime" mode.

Abstract:

Let G be an infinite connected graph. For each vertex of G we decide
randomly and independently: with probability p we paint it blue and
with probability 1-p we paint it yellow. Now, consider the subgraph of
blue vertices: does it contain an infinite connected component?

There is a critical probability p_c(G), such that if p>p_c then almost
surely there is a blue infinite connected component and if pp_c or p<p_c.

We will focus on planar graphs, specifically on the triangular

Abstract: This talk will describe joint work with Aravind Asok and Jean Fasel using the methods of homotopy theory to construct new examples of algebraic vector bundles. I will describe a natural conjecture which, if true, implies that over the complex numbers the classification of algebraic vector bundles over smooth affine varieties admitting an algebraic cell decomposition coincides with the classification of topological complex vector bundles.

Abstract: The “geometrization" of mechanics (whether classical, relativistic or quantum) is almost as old as modern differential geometry, and it nowadays textbook material. The formulation of a mathematically-sound theory for the mechanics of continuum media is still a subject of ongoing research. In this lecture I will present a geometric formulation of continuum mechanics, starting with the definition of the fundamental physical observables, e.g., force, deformation, stress and traction. The outcome of this formulation is a generalization of Newton’s "F=ma” equation for continuous media.

 Projection complexes, actions on quasi-trees, and applications to mapping class groups of surfaces (after Bestvina-Bromberg-Fujiwara).

10:00-11:00 We will have a special lecture on string diagrams by Shaul Barkan 11:00-13:00 Asaf Horev will continue his talk about ambidexterity and duality

Nick Rozenblyum (Chicago) will talk about Tamarkin's category.

Abstract: Consider a random matrix with i.i.d. normal entries. Since its distribution is invariant under rotations, any normalized eigenvector is uniformly distributed over the unit sphere. For a general distribution of the entries, this is no longer true. Yet, if the size of the matrix is large, the eigenvectors are distributed approximately uniformly. This property, called delocalization, can be quantified in various senses. In these lectures, we will discuss recent results on delocalization for general random matrices.