Research Interests
- Probability and statistical mechanics, with special interest in models including
spin systems, percolation, self-avoiding walk, branched polymers,
and their (near-)critical phenomena.
- I work with the lace expansion, which is a method to analyse high-dimensional models.
Preprints & Publications
- Y. Liu and G. Slade.
Crossover from subcritical to critical decay: random walk, self-avoiding walk, percolation.
May 15, 2026.
Preprint at arXiv
- M. Dickson and Y. Liu.
Decay of connection probability in high-dimensional continuum percolation.
Math. Phys. Anal. Geom., 29: 21, (2026).
arXiv
- Y. Liu.
Gaussian deconvolution on ℝd with application to self-repellent Brownian motion.
J. Funct. Anal., 291(7): 111579, (2026).
arXiv
- Y. Liu.
High-dimensional long-range statistical mechanical models have random walk correlation functions.
Electron. J. Probab., 30: 192, (2025).
pdf
- Y. Liu, J. Park and G. Slade.
Universal finite-size scaling in high-dimensional critical phenomena.
Phys. Rev. E, 113: 024143, (2026).
arXiv
- Y. Liu and G. Slade.
Critical scaling profile for trees and connected subgraphs on the complete graph.
Canad. Math. Bull., 69(2): 550-565, (2026).
pdf
- Y. Liu and G. Slade.
Near-critical and finite-size scaling for high-dimensional lattice trees and animals.
J. Stat. Phys., 192: 32, (2025).
arXiv
- Y. Liu, R. Panis and G. Slade.
The torus plateau for the high-dimensional Ising model.
Commun. Math. Phys., 406: 159, (2025).
arXiv
- Y. Liu.
A general approach to massive upper bound for two-point function with application to self-avoiding walk torus plateau.
Electron. J. Probab., 30: 110, (2025).
pdf
- Y. Liu and G. Slade.
Gaussian deconvolution and the lace expansion for spread-out models.
Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist., 62(1): 68-85, (2026).
pdf
- Y. Liu and G. Slade.
Gaussian deconvolution and the lace expansion.
Probab. Theory Relat. Fields, (2024).
arXiv
- Y. Liu.
Continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk on ℤ has strictly monotone escape speed.
Ann. Appl. Probab., 34(6): 5522-5555, (2024).
pdf
video
Invited Talks
- Subcritical two-point functions for high-dimensional statistical mechanical models.
Nov 26, 2025 — UBC Probability seminar
- Subcritical two-point functions for high-dimensional statistical mechanical models.
Nov 12, 2025 — Rigorous Statistical Mechanics and Related Topics at Kyoto University
- The torus plateau for the high-dimensional Ising model.
Sept 18, 2025 — NYU Shanghai Probability seminar
- Decay of two-point functions for high-dimensional statistical mechanical models.
June 9, 2025 — PIMS-CRM Summer School in Probability
- The torus plateau for the high-dimensional Ising model.
Feb 5, 2025 — UBC Probability seminar
- The torus plateau for the high-dimensional Ising model.
Dec 1, 2024 — CMS Winter Meeting, Discrete Probability session
- Continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk on ℤ has strictly monotone escape speed.
July 9, 2024 — Self-interacting processes at University of Cambridge
Video
- Gaussian deconvolution and the lace expansion.
Dec 15, 2023 — Random Interacting Systems, Scaling Limits, and Universality at National University of Singapore
Slides
- Gaussian deconvolution and the lace expansion.
Nov 22, 2023 — UBC Probability seminar
- Continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk on ℤ has strictly monotone escape speed.
Oct 25, 2023 — SALSIS 2023 at Kyoto University
- Continuous-time weakly self-avoiding walk on ℤ has strictly monotone escape speed.
Sept 21, 2022 — UBC Probability seminar
Teaching Experience
- Previous TA: Math 419/545 (Probability II).
- Previous Small Class Instructor: Math 180 (Differential Calculus with Applications).
- Previous TA: Math 320 (Real Variables I), Math 300 (Complex Variables I).
- Previous TA: Math 418/544 (Probability I), Math 301 (Complex Variables II).
- Previous TA: Math 344 (Game Theory), Math 303 (Intro Stochastic Processes).