Applied Math Seminar
Winter Quarter 2009
3:15 p.m.
Sloan Mathematics Corner
Building 380, Room 380-C


Friday, January 23, 2009

Ken McLaughlin
Mathematics
University of Arizona

Universality in random matrix theory


Abstract:

The "local statistical behavior" of eigenvalues of random matrices (with probability measure which is invariant under unitary transformations) is supposed to be independent of the actual choice of probability measure. This has been dubbed the "universality conjecture". I will describe the terms mentioned above, and explain the current state of the art concerning universality.