Cours préparatoire
Preparatory Course

Random Matrices and Exactly Solvable Models of Statistical Mechanics

Professor Pavel Bleher
(Indiana University / Purdue University Indianapolis)

CRM, Université de Montréal
Pavillon André Aisenstadt
Salle / Room 5340
Août-septembre 2008 / August-September 2008

De 10h30 à 11 h 45 / From 10:30 to 11:45


Mardi 12 août
Tuesday, August 12
Jeudi 14 août
Thursday, August 14
Introduction to Random Matrix Models Large N Asymptotics in Random Matrix Models. The Riemann-Hilbert Approach

Mardi 9 septembre
Tuesday, September 9
Jeudi 11 septembre
Thursday, September 11
Introduction to the Six-Vertex Model of Statistical Physics Exact Solution of the Six-Vertex Model with Domain Wall Boundary Conditions (DWBC) in the Disordered Phase. The Riemann-Hilbert Approach

Mardi 16 septembre Tuesday, September 16 Jeudi 18 septembre Thursday, September 18
Exact Solution of the Six-Vertex Model with DWBC in the Ferroelectric Phase Exact Solution of the Six-Vertex Model with DWBC on the Critical Line between the Disordered and Ferroelectric Phases

Mardi 23 septembre Tuesday, September 23 Jeudi 25 septembre Thursday, September 25
The Pfaffian Solution of the Dimer Model The Pfaffian Solution of the Six-Vertex Model with Periodic Boundary Conditions on the Free Fermion Line