IMPRS Ringvorlesung "Discrete Structures in Physics"

Date and location: Tuesdays 13:30-15:00 in room G10 (MPI MIS)

• Graphs, networks and random structure
  - basic concepts of graph theory, spectra of graphs and network analysis
  - random structures: random graphs, random walks, random states, random processes
  - information geometric structures
  • Lecturer: Prof. J. Jost
  • Date: 12, 19, 26 October 

• Discrete dynamical systems
  -Linear systems, Lyapunov exponents, stability
  -Positive matrices, Markov chains, synchronization
  -Nonlinear systems, bifurcations, chaos

  • Lecturer: Dr. F. Atay
  • Date: 2, 9, 16 November

• (i) Boolean networks
  (ii) Probabilistic cellular automata,
  (iii) Evolution of networks

  • Lecturer: Prof. U. Behn
  • Date: 23, 30 November and 7 December

• The Ising model in statistical physics

  • Lecturer: Prof. W. Janke
  • Date: 14 December, 4 and 11 January

• Hot Brownian motion

  • Lecturer: Prof. K. Kroy
  • Date: 18, 25 January and 1 February