Probability Seminar

Pierre PatieCornell University
A spectral and algebraic algorithm: the centralizer and the fixed points, scaling and universality classes

Monday, April 15, 2024 - 4:00pm
Malott 406

Over the last few decades, the exploration of scaling limits and universality classes has unveiled a spectrum of intriguing results, alongside complex and fascinating challenges. In this talk, we present a comprehensive framework designed to address these challenges in a constructive and solvable manner. It is based on an appropriate combination of group representation theory, group actions, spectral theory and operator algebras. Relying on the Stone-von Neumann Theorem, we identify a canonical setting for this framework, the so-called canonical G-module, and design a constructive mathematical algorithm that reduces this problem to the category 0 (set and functions). This formalism not only highlights the fundamental role played by the choice of the representation of mathematical objects but also offers constructive perspectives and connections into classical mathematical topics such as the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators, Lie point symmetry, von Neumann algebras, and the Stone-von Neumann theorem. We will illustrate this framework by describing the universality classes of the LUE ensemble, emphasizing the canonical role of its limit to the Bessel ensemble in the comprehensive framework. Finally, we shall discuss the role played by the Fourier transform, the Laplacian, and the Brownian motion in this formalism.