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Superstrong approximation for monodromy groups (and Galois groups?)

JSE wrote 3 months ago: Hey, I posted a paper to the arXiv and forgot to blog about it!  The paper is called “Superstr … more →

Tags: Math, Papers, Idle Speculation, Expanders, arithmetic groups, MSRI, property T, superstrong approximation

Idle question: cluster algebras over finite fields and spectral gaps9 comments

JSE wrote 4 months ago: Yet another great talk at the JMM:  Lauren Williams gave an introduction to cluster algebras in the … more →

Tags: Math, Number Theory, Talks, Lauren Williams, Cluster Algebras, equidistribution, idle questions

254B, Notes 2: Cayley graphs and Kazhdan's property (T)24 comments

Terence Tao wrote 1 year ago: In the previous set of notes we introduced the notion of expansion in arbitrary -regular graphs. For … more →

Tags: math.CA, math.SP, math.GR, math.RT, 254B - expansion in groups, property T, Cayley graphs, Mautner phenomenon, Schreier graphs

254B, Notes 1: Basic theory of expander graphs39 comments

Terence Tao wrote 1 year ago: The objective of this course is to present a number of recent constructions of expander graphs, whic … more →

Tags: 254B - expansion in groups, math.CO, math.SP, expander graph, isoperimetric inequality, Random Walks!

How quickly does randomness appear?3 comments

xi'an wrote 1 year ago: This was the [slightly off-key]  title of the math column in the November issue of La Recherche, in … more →

Tags: statistics, University Life, randomness, total variation, la recherche, convergence, geometric ergodicity, Metropolis-Hastings algorithms, Nice

Kac's Program in Kinetic Theory (new preprint)1 comment

CM wrote 1 year ago: I have just uploaded on arXiv a joint work with Stéphane Mischler on “Kac’s Program in K … more →

Tags: publications, mathematical post, PDE, jump process, Boltzmann Equation, mean-field, chaos propagation, Kinetic theory, Kac's program

Cercignani's conjecture

CM wrote 2 years ago: Carlo Cercignani 1983 (Photo credit Kazuo Aoki) Soon will happen a Conference in memory of Carlo Cer … more →

Tags: Conference, Poincare inequality, functional inequality, Boltzmann Equation, Partial Differential Equations, Kinetic theory, Cercignani, logarithmic Sobolev inequality

Expander graphs, gonality, and variation of Galois representations5 comments

JSE wrote 2 years ago: New paper on the arXiv with Chris Hall and Emmanuel Kowalski. Suppose you have a 1-dimensional famil … more →

Tags: Math, Papers, Abelian Varieties, Algebraic Geometry, Esperanto, expander graphs, Expanders, Galois representations, gonality

New preprint "Factorization for non-symmetric operators and exponential H-theorem"

CM wrote 2 years ago: We have just preprinted together with Maria Pia Gualdani and Stephane Mischler a new paper entitled … more →

Tags: publications, PDE, Poincare inequality, functional inequality, Fokker-Planck equation, Boltzmann Equation, Quantitative, Partial Differential Equations, Kinetic theory

Hypocoercivity for linear kinetic equations conserving mass

CM wrote 3 years ago: I have uploaded a new paper entitled “Hypocoercivity for linear kinetic equations conserving m … more →

Tags: publications, functional inequality, Fokker-Planck equation, Boltzmann Equation, Quantitative, hypocoercivity, fast diffusion

A note on "Enlarging the functional space of decay estimates on semigroups"

CM wrote 3 years ago: I have just uploaded a note on the issue of “enlarging the functional space of decay estimates … more →

Tags: publications, Poincare inequality, functional inequality, Fokker-Planck equation

Teichmüller curves with complementary series

matheuscmss wrote 3 years ago: Two weeks ago (October 29), Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Artur Avila and I talked about the action on the … more →

Tags: mathematics, math.DS, Teichmüller flow, SL(2;R) irreducible unitary representations, Bargmann classification, complementary series, teichmuller curves, Veech surfacesm square-tiled surfaces, rates of mixing


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