Interacting Particle Systems

Part III course, Lent Term 2006

Lecture times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 11am, beginning Friday 20 January,

Exam: Three hour paper, conventional format..

Some relevant books/papers:

• For percolation material, paper number 13 on my publication list is a good source (take the double-sided version)
• Probability on Trees, an Introductory Climb by Yuval Peres
• Random Walks and Electric Networks by Peter Doyle and Laurie Snell
• Probability on Trees and Networks by Russell Lyons and Yuval Peres
• Material on Coupling from the past, compiled by David Wilson

Problem sheets:

• Sheet 1: ps, pdf. Class in MR12 at 3.30pm on Tuesday 21st February
• Sheet 2: ps, pdf. Class in MR15 at 9am on Tuesday 28th February.
• Sheet 3: ps, pdf. Class in MR4 at 4pm on Wednesday 15th March.

Handouts:

• Handout 1: ps, pdf.