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Title:
Two-dimensional random geometry: continuous and discrete approaches, Part 2

Speaker:
Ivan Kostov

Abstract:
This is an elementary introduction for non-specialists. Liouville gravity. KPZ-DDK relations. Planar graphs and discretized surfaces embedded in D dimensions. Critical behaviour: baby universes and the D=1 barrier. Solvable models on planar graphs: Ising, SAW, loop gas, RSOS. Mapping to large-N matrix models. Boundaries and boundary correlations.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=1083

Workshop:
Simons- Program: Large N limit problems in Kahler Geometry