Tiles and puzzles. Lectio magistralis by Stanislav Smirnov
03.05.2024
Held in English, the University of Padua hosts on May 13 Tiles and puzzles, the Lectio magistralis by Stanislav Smirnov (Université de Genève) 2010 Fields Medal.
He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 for the proof of conformal invariance of percolation and the planar Ising model in statistical physics.
Suppose we are given (an infinite supply of) a few different tiles (puzzle-pieces). Can one tile the whole plane? How many tilings will there be for a given area?
If there are many, how a random one will look like? The event is the occasion to discuss how even for simple tiles, like two different polygons, these problems become very interesting and relate to many areas, from logic to statistical physics.
The event is available exclusively on the University YouTube channel.
The event is organized by the departments of Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy at the University of Padua, COST Action CA22113, MSCA Seal of Excellence @UniPD 2022 program (CluES project).
