Mathematics Colloquium Seminar
Monday, January 28, 2019, 12:00pm, 119 Physics
Jonathan Hermon (Cambridge University, Mathematics)
Mixing and hitting times - theory and applications
Abstract:- We present a collection of results, based on a novel operator maximal inequality approach, providing precise relations between the time it takes a Markov chain to converge to equilibrium and the time required for it to exit from small sets. These refine results of Aldous and Lovasz & Winkler. Among the applications are:
(1) A general characterization of an abrupt convergence to equilibrium phenomenon known as cutoff. Specializing this to Ramanujan graphs and trees.
(2) Proving that the return probability decay is not geometrically robust (resolving a problem of Aldous, Diaconis - Saloff-Coste and Kozma).
(3) Random walk in evolving environment [video]
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