Partition function and Heisenberg group
Scientific results
The partition function is a classical function that has been introduced in the mid 1800s. This function can be seen as a potential on the Heisenberg group. This new point of view is very helpful to understand the positive harmonic functions on this group.
Contact
Yves Benoist is a senior researcher at the CNRS and a member of the Laboratoire de mathématiques d’Orsay (LMO - CNRS & Université Paris-Saclay). He is an invited speaker at the 8th ECM en 2021 à Portorož (also read the text of his interview).