Speaker
Jiyun Park (Stanford)
Date
Fri, Oct 4 2024, 4:00pm
Location
383N
I will introduce the book "Superconcentration and Related Topics" by Sourav Chatterjee, which will be the topic of this quarter's seminar. Superconcentration occurs when classical concentration of measure gives suboptimal bounds on the order of fluctuations. I will go over several examples of superconcentration, as well as its connection to phenomena such as chaos and multiple valleys. Time permitting, I will also discuss classical concentration of measure techniques and give a formal definition of superconcentration.