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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 288 - Probability Seminar

Prasad Tetali

Georgia Tech

Displacement convexity of entropy and discrete curvature

Abstract:

Inspired by the recent developments and mature understanding of the notion of lower-boundedness of Ricci curvature in continuous settings (such as Riemannian manifolds), several independent groups of researchers have proposed intriguing analogs of such a curvature in discrete settings (such as graphs). The proposals depend on the perspective being probabilistic, analytical or combinatorial. In this talk, I will briefly mention a few of these approaches, consequences, and state some open problems.

Host: Todd Kemp

January 28, 2016

9:00 AM

AP&M 6402

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