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Mixing time for the Ising model : a uniform lower bound for all graphs

Jian DingYuval Peres — 2011

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

Consider Glauber dynamics for the Ising model on a graph of vertices. Hayes and Sinclair showed that the mixing time for this dynamics is at least log /(), where is the maximum degree and () = (log2). Their result applies to more general spin systems, and in that generality, they showed that some dependence on is necessary. In this paper, we focus on the ferromagnetic Ising model and prove that the mixing time of Glauber dynamics on any -vertex graph is at least (1/4 + o(1))log .

The infinite valley for a recurrent random walk in random environment

Nina GantertYuval PeresZhan Shi — 2010

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

We consider a one-dimensional recurrent random walk in random environment (RWRE). We show that the – suitably centered – empirical distributions of the RWRE converge weakly to a certain limit law which describes the stationary distribution of a random walk in an infinite valley. The construction of the infinite valley goes back to Golosov, see (1984) 491–506. As a consequence, we show weak convergence for both the maximal local time and the self-intersection local time of the RWRE...

Uniform mixing time for random walk on lamplighter graphs

Júlia KomjáthyJason MillerYuval Peres — 2014

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

Suppose that 𝒢 is a finite, connected graph and X is a lazy random walk on 𝒢 . The lamplighter chain X associated with X is the random walk on the wreath product 𝒢 = 𝐙 2 𝒢 , the graph whose vertices consist of pairs ( f ̲ , x ) where f is a labeling of the vertices of 𝒢 by elements of 𝐙 2 = { 0 , 1 } and x is a vertex in 𝒢 . There is an edge between ( f ̲ , x ) and ( g ̲ , y ) in 𝒢 if and only if x is adjacent to y in 𝒢 and f z = g z for all z x , y . In each step, X moves from a configuration ( f ̲ , x ) by updating x to y using the transition rule of X and then sampling both...

Collisions of random walks

Martin T. BarlowYuval PeresPerla Sousi — 2012

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

A recurrent graph G has the infinite collision property if two independent random walks on G , started at the same point, collide infinitely often a.s. We give a simple criterion in terms of Green functions for a graph to have this property, and use it to prove that a critical Galton–Watson tree with finite variance conditioned to survive, the incipient infinite cluster in d with d 19 and the uniform spanning tree in 2 all have the infinite collision property. For power-law combs and spherically symmetric...

Poisson matching

Alexander E. HolroydRobin PemantleYuval PeresOded Schramm — 2009

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

Suppose that red and blue points occur as independent homogeneous Poisson processes in ℝ. We investigate translation-invariant schemes for perfectly matching the red points to the blue points. For any such scheme in dimensions =1, 2, the matching distance from a typical point to its partner must have infinite /2th moment, while in dimensions ≥3 there exist schemes where has finite exponential moments. The Gale–Shapley stable marriage is one natural matching scheme, obtained by iteratively matching...

Dynamical sensitivity of the infinite cluster in critical percolation

Yuval PeresOded SchrammJeffrey E. Steif — 2009

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques

In dynamical percolation, the status of every bond is refreshed according to an independent Poisson clock. For graphs which do not percolate at criticality, the dynamical sensitivity of this property was analyzed extensively in the last decade. Here we focus on graphs which percolate at criticality, and investigate the dynamical sensitivity of the infinite cluster. We first give two examples of bounded degree graphs, one which percolates for all times at criticality and one which has exceptional...

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