The 19th Takagi Lectures
July 8, 2017 (Sat) 17:30--18:30
July 9, 2017 (Sun) 11:00--12:00
Lecture Hall (Room No. 420)
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan


Sharp Threshold Phenomena in Statistical Physics
Hugo Duminil-Copin
(Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques)


Abstract

This text describes the content of the Takagi Lectures given by the author in Kyoto in 2017. The lectures present some aspects of the theory of sharp thresholds for boolean functions and its application to the study of phase transitions in statistical physics.