Spectral asymptotics of Liouville quantum gravity
- 👤 Speaker: Nathanael Berestycki (Universität Wien)
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 18 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- 📍 Venue: Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute
Abstract
Liouville quantum gravity is a certain canonical random geometry in two dimensions. In this talk we will discuss the spectral geometry of the associated Laplace-Beltrami operator. After showing that the eigenvalues a.s. obey a Weyl law, we will discuss a surprising connection between asymptotics of the heat trace and the KPZ (Knizhnik-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov) scaling theory. I also plan to discuss a number of conjectures. The talk will be expository in nature; there will be no proofs and no background will be assumed about LQG .
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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Nathanael Berestycki (Universität Wien)
Wednesday 18 March 2026, 11:00-12:00