Maximum of the membrane model on regular trees

DOI10.1007/S10955-022-03043-WMaRDI QIDQ6373777arXivFDO

Authors Alessandra Cipriani, Biltu Dan, Rajat Subhra Hazra, Rounak Ray

Publication date 26 July 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S10955-022-03043-W

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gaussian processes (60G15) Extreme value theory; extremal stochastic processes (60G70) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

arXiv classification

math.PR

Abstract: The discrete membrane model is a Gaussian random interface whose inverse covariance is given by the discrete biharmonic operator on a graph. In literature almost all works have considered the field as indexed over $mathbb{Z}^d$, and this enabled one to study the model using methods from partial differential equations. In this article we would like to investigate the dependence of the membrane model on a different geometry, namely trees. The covariance is expressed via a random walk representation which was first determined by Vanderbei (1984). We exploit this representation on $m$-regular trees and show that the infinite volume limit on the infinite tree exists when $mge3$. Further we determine the behavior of the maximum under the infinite and finite volume measures.

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