Phase transitions in the frog model (NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME)

Phase transitions in the frog model (NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME)

Phase transitions in the frog model (NOTE THE UNUSUAL TIME)

Tuesday, December 23, 2025
  • Lecturer: Omer Angel (UBC)
  • Location: Meyer building (room 861)
Abstract:

The frog model is an interacting particle system modeling the spread of an infection in a moving population, among other things. It can also be viewed as a model of dependent, directed percolation. We show that the model exhibits a phase transition on several classes of transitive graphs, including polynomial growth and non-amenable graphs. We further show that the phase transition is sharp. Joint work with Jonathan Hermon, Daniel de la Riva Massaad, and Yuliang Shi.

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