22-24 September 2026
Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics
Europe/Kiev timezone

Liquid theory of spherical and unitary designs

22 Sep 2026, 14:30
30m
Conference Hall (Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics)

Conference Hall

Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics

14-b, Metrolohichna Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine
Lecture STATISTICAL PHYSICS AND SOFT MATTER

Speaker

Prof. Jorge Kurchan (Ècole Normale Supèrieure de Paris)

Description

"Designs" are sets of points, for example on a sphere, that have the property that averages of polynomials over the set coincide with averages over the whole sphere. Similarly for the unitary group.
One can treat these points as interacting particles, and use liquid theory to study the problem. I will present the problem as seen from a physicist's point of view.

Primary author

Prof. Jorge Kurchan (Ècole Normale Supèrieure de Paris)

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