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Graphs on surfaces and curves over number fields
April 15, 2026 18:30, Moscow, on-line


Random walks and ribbon graphs

N. Ya. Amburgabab

a Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Centre «Kurchatov Institute»
b National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Abstract: Based on joint reflections with Andrei Ryabichev. In d-dimensional space we take k steps, starting from point 0. Each step is taken in a random direction by a vector of length 1. It is stated that the average of even powers of the distances by which we move away from the center are integers. I don't know how to explain this yet. But to wander in four-dimensional space, it was necessary to calculate the averages of the products of matrices from the SU2 group. The answer can be written as a sum over ribbon graphs. For d-dimensional walks, you can also use similar pictures.


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