Seminar Announcement Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024 Time: 3:30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall A Survey of Percolation Theory Aniruddhan Ganesaraman ISI Kolkata. 20-03-24 Abstract Percolation models explore the behavior of fluid flowing in a random porous medium. In addition to being of immense theoretical interest, with Hugo Duminil-Copin winning the 2022 Fields medal, it also has numerous applications in network analysis and epidemiological models. In this prerequisite-free talk, I will provide an overview of the subject, discussing the fundamental questions, the key techniques, some remarkable results, and some open problems.
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