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End date: 2022 × Start date: 2022 × Start date: 2014 × Type: Report × Subject: Analysis × Subject: Probability Theory and Statistics ×

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    Quantum diffusion
    (Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH, 2015) Knowles, Antti
    If you place a drop of ink into a glass of water, the ink will slowly dissipate into the surrounding water until it is perfectly mixed. If you record your experiment with a camera and play the film backwards, you will see something that is never observed in the real world. Such diffusive and irreversible behaviour is ubiquitous in nature. Nevertheless, the fundamental equations that describe the motion of individual particles – Newton’s and Schrödinger’s equations – are reversible in time: a film depicting the motion of just a few particles looks as realistic when played forwards as when played backwards. In this snapshot, we discuss how one may try to understand the origin of diffusion starting from the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics.
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    Determinacy versus indeterminacy
    (Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH, 2020) Berg, Christian
    Can a continuous function on an interval be uniquely determined if we know all the integrals of the function against the natural powers of the variable? Following Weierstrass and Stieltjes, we show that the answer is yes if the interval is finite, and no if the interval is infinite.
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    Limits of graph sequences
    (Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH, 2019) Klimošová, Tereza
    Graphs are simple mathematical structures used to model a wide variety of real-life objects. With the rise of computers, the size of the graphs used for these models has grown enormously. The need to efficiently represent and study properties of extremely large graphs led to the development of the theory of graph limits.
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    The Kadison-Singer problem
    (Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH, 2014) Valette, Alain
    In quantum mechanics, unlike in classical mechanics, one cannot make precise predictions about how a system will behave. Instead, one is concerned with mere probabilities. Consequently, it is a very important task to determine the basic probabilities associated with a given system. In this snapshot we will present a recent uniqueness result concerning these probabilities.