Date and time: 27 June 2001, 16:30

Venue: Room 103, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London

Speaker: Prof. P. Diaconis (Stanford)

"An Introduction to Random Matrix Theory"

Abstract: Random matrix theory uses the eigenvalues of typical large matrices to model natural phenomena. These include particle scattering, telephone encription, and the zeros of Riemann's Zeta function. Analysis leads to new probability and statistics problems and an amazing match of theory to data.