Convergence of mixing times for sequences of random walks on finite graphs

DOI10.1214/EJP.V17-1705zbMATH Open1244.05207arXiv1111.0108OpenAlexW2055952240MaRDI QIDQ428604FDOQ428604

David A. Croydon, Ben M. Hambly, Takashi Kumagai

Publication date: 22 June 2012

Published in: Electronic Journal of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish conditions on sequences of graphs which ensure that the mixing times of the random walks on the graphs in the sequence converge. The main assumption is that the graphs, associated measures and heat kernels converge in a suitable Gromov-Hausdorff sense. With this result we are able to establish the convergence of the mixing times on the largest component of the Erdos-Renyi random graph in the critical window, sharpening previous results for this random graph model. Our results also enable us to establish convergence in a number of other examples, such as finitely ramified fractal graphs, Galton-Watson trees and the range of a high-dimensional random walk.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.0108

zbMATH Keywords

random walkrandom graphmixingGromov-Hausdorff convergenceGalton-Watson treefractal graph

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random graphs (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C80) Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces) (60J10) Random walks on graphs (05C81)

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