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The hyperbolic lattice point problem
Abstract
The asymptotic large N limit of random matrices often transforms classical concepts (independence, cumulants, partitions of sets) into their free counter-parts (free independence, free cumulants, non-crossing partitions) and the limit of random matrices gives rise to interesting operator algebras. I will explain these relations, with a particular emphasis on the effect of non-linear functions on the entries of random matrices
Given a quantum Hamiltonian, represented as an $N \times N$ Hermitian matrix $H$, we derive an expression for the largest Lyapunov exponent of the classical trajectories in the phase space appropriate for the dynamics induced by $H$. To this end we associate to $H$ a graph with $N$ vertices and derive a quantum map on functions defined on the directed edges of the graph. Using the semiclassical approach in the reverse direction we obtain the corresponding classical evolution (Liouvillian) operator. Using ergodic theory methods (Sinai, Ruelle, Bowen, Pollicott\ldots) we obtain closed expressions for the Lyapunov exponent, as well as for its variance. Applications for random matrix models will be presented.
The capacity of a set is a classical notion in potential theory and it is a measure of the size of a set as seen by a random walk or Brownian motion. Recently Zhu defined the notion of branching capacity as the analogue of capacity in the context of a branching random walk. In this talk I will describe joint work with Amine Asselah and Bruno Schapira where we introduce a notion of capacity of a set for critical bond percolation and I will explain how it shares similar properties as in the case of branching random walks.
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