Leeds Statistical Mechanics Discussion Group

Summer 09 session

19th meeting: Apr 23rd (Thursday) 2pm Mall 2
1. Rob Sturman: "Connections between statistical mechanics and ergodic theory"
(Notes to follow. Meanwhile, some relevant supporting material may be found in Hairer's online notes on Ergodic Properties of Markov Processes.)

20th meeting: Apr 30th (Thursday) 2pm Mall 2
1. Rob Sturman: "Connections between statistical mechanics and ergodic theory II"

21st meeting: May 7th (Thursday) 2pm Mall 2
1. Rob Sturman: "Measure theoretic entropy"

22nd meeting: May 14th (Thursday) 2pm MATHEMATICS BOARDROOM
1. Matt Daws: "A Review of the Temperley-Lieb Algebra arising from the Potts model"

23rd meeting: May 21st (Thursday) 2pm Mall 1
1. David Pauksztello: "The (di)chromatic polynomial and the Potts model"
(based in part on this paper; notes to follow).

24th meeting: May 28th (Thursday) 2pm Mall 1
1. David Pauksztello: "The (di)chromatic polynomial transfer matrix"

25th meeting: June 18th (Thursday) 2pm Mall 1
1. Alison Parker: "The Temperley-Lieb algebra: representation theory"

26th meeting: June 26th (Friday) 2pm Mall 1
1. Alison Parker: "The Temperley-Lieb algebra: representation theory II"