Christopher Hoffman
Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
PDL C-036
Let \$\sigma \in S_n\$ be a permutation of the set \$\{1,2,...,n\}\$. The length of the longest increasing subsequence of
\$\sigma\$ is the largest \$k\$ such that there exists a subsequence \$i_1< i_2 < \dots <i_k\$ with
\$\sigma(i_1)<\sigma(i_2) < \dots <\sigma(i_k)\$. We will show that \$k\$ is typically of order \$\sqrt{n}\$. We will also
discuss geometric quantities such as the maximum deviation from the diagonal $$\max_{j=1,...,k}|\sigma(i_j)
Finally we will see how this model has connections with random matrix theory and how it fits in a wider class of
growth models called the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class.