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August 2015 On meteors, earthworms and WIMPs
Sara Billey, Krzysztof Burdzy, Soumik Pal, Bruce E. Sagan
Ann. Appl. Probab. 25(4): 1729-1779 (August 2015). DOI: 10.1214/14-AAP1035

Abstract

We study a model of mass redistribution on a finite graph. We address the questions of convergence to equilibrium and the rate of convergence. We present theorems on the distribution of empty sites and the distribution of mass at a fixed vertex. These distributions are related to random permutations with certain peak sets.

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Sara Billey. Krzysztof Burdzy. Soumik Pal. Bruce E. Sagan. "On meteors, earthworms and WIMPs." Ann. Appl. Probab. 25 (4) 1729 - 1779, August 2015. https://doi.org/10.1214/14-AAP1035

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Received: 1 August 2013; Revised: 1 March 2014; Published: August 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 21 May 2015

zbMATH: 1322.60208
MathSciNet: MR3348994
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/14-AAP1035

Subjects:
Primary: 60K35

Keywords: Markov processes on graphs , mass redistribution , Meteor process , permutation statistics

Rights: Copyright © 2015 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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