On meteors, earthworms and wimps

DOI10.1214/14-AAP1035MaRDI QIDQ2354884zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors K. Burdzy, Soumik Pal, Bruce E. Sagan, Sara Billey

Publication date 27 July 2015

Published in The Annals of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.2183, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1432212429

zbMATH Keywords

Markov processes on graphsmass redistributionmeteor processpermutation statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J27) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35)

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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