Extrema of branching Brownian motionGraduate Colloquium

by Annabell Gros (IAM)

Wednesday Jan 21, 2026, 3:15 PM → 4:45 PM Europe/Berlin

Endenicher Allee 60/1-016 - Lipschitzsaal (Mathezentrum)

Abstract:

Branching Brownian motion is a classical model from probability theory that describes the random motion and branching of particles over time. In this talk, we give an introduction to the study of its extreme values. We explore the connection to a particular PDE (the F-KPP equation), discuss the maxima of random variables, and encounter several biologically motivated models. Basic knowledge of probability theory is sufficient to follow the talk.

 

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