Limit shapes, real and imagined
Author:
Andrei Okounkov
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 187-216
MSC (2010):
Primary 60F10, 81T13
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1512
Published electronically:
August 20, 2015
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3474306
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Abstract: This is an introductory discussion of limit shapes, in particular for random partitions and stepped surfaces, and of their applications to supersymmetric gauge theories.
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Andrei Okounkov
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York; Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia; and Institute for Problems of Information Transmission, Moscow, Russia
MR Author ID:
351622
ORCID:
0000-0001-8956-1792
Email:
okounkov@math.colunbia.edu
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March 27, 2015
Published electronically:
August 20, 2015
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