Incidences and dimers
When
4 – 5 p.m., Sept. 5, 2024
Where
Math Building Room 501
Title: Incidences and dimers
Abstract: Incidence theorems are statements about points, lines, and possibly higher-dimensional subspaces and their incidences. Examples include classical theorems of Desargues and Pappus. In this talk, we'll discuss a connection between incidence geometry and an archetypal model of statistical physics - the dimer model. The talk will be based on the work of many people, including my ongoing work with Pavlo Pylyavskyy (Minnesota).