Date: April 19, 2018

Speaker: Dr. Ezra Halleck (NYCCT)

Title: Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics

Abstract: In this picture-rich and proof-light treatment, I will begin with the connections between the 2 subjects but focus on enumerative and bijective aspects. One example is tiling using dimers. Another is a model of ice, again in a plane. There will be several hands-on activities as well as recursive programming examples in MATLAB, Python and R.