Gaussian Processes on Trees

From Spin Glasses to Branching Brownian Motion
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-16049-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 163, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics

Branching Brownian motion (BBM) is a classical object in probability theory with deep connections to partial differential equations. This book highlights the connection to classical extreme value theory and to the theory of mean-field spin glasses in statistical mechanics. Starting with a concise review of classical extreme value statistics and a basic introduction to mean-field spin glasses, the author then focuses on branching Brownian motion. Here, the classical results of Bramson on the asymptotics of solutions of the F-KPP equation are reviewed in detail and applied to the recent construction of the extremal process of BBM. The extension of these results to branching Brownian motion with variable speed are then explained. As a self-contained exposition that is accessible to graduate students with some background in probability theory, this book makes a good introduction for anyone interested in accessing this exciting field of mathematics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bovier, Anton

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Extreme value theory for iid sequences; 2. Extremal processes; 3. Normal sequences; 4. Spin glasses; 5. Branching Brownian motion; 6. Bramson's analysis of the F-KPP equation; 7. The extremal process of BBM; 8. Full extremal process; 9. Variable speed BBM; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Bovier, Anton
Anton Bovier is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Bonn. He is the author of more than 130 scientific papers and two monographs, Statistical Mechanics of Disordered Systems: A Mathematical Perspective (Cambridge, 2006) and Metastability: A Potential-Theoretic Approach (with Frank den Hollander, 2016). Bovier is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and a member of the Clusters of Excellence, The Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and ImmunoSensation, both at the University of Bonn.