Date: Feb 13rd, Tuesday
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Little 339 (the Atrium)
Speaker: Vivekananda Roy

Title: Random walks on finite abelian groups
　

Abstract: Convergence rates of Markov chains are of great importance
in a variety of applied settings. A particular mathematical technique
based on eigenvalue analysis, which has been used to bound such rates
of convergence, will be described. Random walks on finite abelian
groups will be analyzed in terms of convergence to
stationarity. Theoretical results will be illustrated by examples.

The pizza and drinks will be provided after the talk.