Most of the visible matter in the Universe is a plasma, that is
a dilute gas of ions, electrons, and neutral atoms. In many
circumstances, the dynamics of this plasma can be modeled in the
continuum limit, using the equations of fluid mechanics...
We consider the Glauber dynamics (also called Gibbs sampling)
for sampling from a discrete distribution in high-dimensional space
(e.g., selecting a uniformly random legal coloring or independent
set in a given graph, or selecting a "typical" state...
IAS Director Robbert Dijkgraaf recently remarked that 21st
century scientists are shifting “from studying what is to what
could be.” We urgently need a social science of what could be, if
we are to face challenges from inequality and racial...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
We are eager to think together about the rich and often
challenging complexities that have arisen as a result of the
intersection of Medieval Studies and Ethiopian Studies over the
past several years. These fields developed along very
different...
I will revisit the
quantum field theory of the Coulomb gas formalism, clarifying
several important points along the way. The first key ingredient
involves a peculiarity of the timelike linear dilaton: although the
background charge Q breaks the...
