Random walks, word metric and orbits distribution on the plane

MaRDI QIDQ6349635zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Uriya Pumerantz

Publication date 22 September 2020

Abstract: Given a countably infinite group $G$ acting on some space $X$, an increasing family of finite subsets $G_n$ and $xinX$, a natural question to ask is what asymptotical distribution the sets $G_{n}x$ form. More formally, we define for a function $f$ over $X$ the sums $S_n(f,x)=su{m}_{gin{G}_n}f(gx)$ and ask whether exists a function $Psi(n):mathbbNomathbbR$ such that the sequence $Psi(n)S_n(f,x)$ converges. This is a delicate problem that was studied under various settings. We first show a full solution when elements are chosen using a carefully chosen word metric from a specific lattice in $SL(2,mathbbZ)$ acting on the circle. In addition, it is proven that the resulting measure is stationary with respect to a certain random walk and has a tight connection to a well studied function from the field of Diophantine approximations. We then proceed to study the asymptotic distribution problem when elements are chosen using a random walk over $SL(2,mathbbR)$ acting on $mathbb{R}^2$. We offer a variant of our initial problem which yields some surprising and interesting results.

This page was built for publication: Random walks, word metric and orbits distribution on the plane

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6349635)