BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250916T090624EDT-3185EA01HI@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250916T130624Z DESCRIPTION:A mathematical physicist's perspective on Statistical Mechanics \n\nStatistical mechanics explains and quantifies the process by which str ucture emerges from chaos. Its genesis is in Boltzmann's explanation of th ermodynamical behavior and in particular of the concept of entropy. The st atistic mechanical perspective was instrumental for Planck's theory of the light quantization and Einstein's calculation of the Avogadro number. Mor e recent developments include links between the physics of critical phenom ena and the mathematics of conformally invariant random structures\, stoch astic integrability\, and representation theory. The talk will focus on ex amples of observations and conjectures which turned out to point in fruitf ul directions.\n  \n DTSTART:20180924T200000Z DTEND:20180924T210000Z LOCATION:Room 1140\, CA\, Pav. André-Aisenstadt SUMMARY:Michael Aizenman\, Princeton University URL:/mathstat/channels/event/michael-aizenman-princeto n-university-289921 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR