Are you feeling bogged down by the Week 6 Blues? Have you been flummoxed by the sudden influx of example sheets? Do you secretly wish that you were studying economics instead of maths? Don’t worry because the Trinity Maths Society will be hosting a talk this Monday night that will rekindle your love for mathematics!

It is our sixth talk of the year and will be given by Dr. Gourab Ray (DPMMS) at 8:30PM Monday 16 November in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College. The talk is on the talk of “Random Fractal Surfaces” and is in the new, exciting field of random geometry, which manages to connect the fields of probability, geometry and analysis.

Dr. Gourab Ray is one of our newest postdoctoral research associates at the University of Cambridge and is part of the New frontiers in random geometry program. His broad research interest is in probability theory, but in particular random planar graphs, random graphs, random walks and percolation.

Speaker: Dr. Gourab Ray (DPMMS)
Title: Random Fractal Surfaces
Abstract: How does a typical random surface or curve look like? How different are they from the “flat” surface we are familiar with? How are they related? These are some of the biggest questions in the field of random geometry these days and this will be the subject of this talk. There will be many nice pictures and simulations.

As always, there will be complimentary port and juice served before the talk at 8:15PM. This talk is for members only, but there will be a chance to sign-up for TMS membership for £2.50. So, come on down to the Winstanley this Monday if you’d like to explore this burgeoning area of mathematics!