Combinatorics of RNA Secondary Structures and Related Problems
April 5, 2012
2:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Halligan 111
Speaker: Danny Krizanc, Wesleyan University
Host: Ben Hescott
Abstract
We derive expressions for the asymptotic number of RNA secondary structures satisfying a variety of constraints. We also discuss the asymptotics of the expected number of base pairs in randomly chosen structures, again, under different constraints. Finally, we relate these results to problems arising in the analysis of algorithms.