Ma 191c - Spring 2026

Ma 191c: Selected Topics in Mathematics - Spectral Theory and Anderson Localization (Spring 2026)


Instructor Lingfu Zhang (lingfuz@caltech Office Linde Hall 358)

Class time 10:30-11:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Class location Linde Hall TBD
Office hour 14:00 - 15:00 on Tuesdays

Course description


TBD

The course is intended for advanced undergraduate students and PhD students from PMA and related departments.

Grading Based on participation and final presentation.

Reference material

  • Random Operators: Disorder Effects on Quantum Spectra and Dynamics by Michael Aizenman and Simone Warzel.
  • Caught by Disorder: Bound States in Random Media by Peter Stollmann.
  • An Invitation to Random Schrödinger Operators by Werner Kirsch.




    • Schedule

    March 31
    Apr 2
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