Stabilization time for a type of evolution on binary strings

DOI10.1007/S10959-013-0515-YzbMATH Open1334.60018arXiv1210.0444OpenAlexW1993766707MaRDI QIDQ895894FDOQ895894

Authors: Jacob Funk, Mihai Nica, Michael Noyes 

Publication date: 7 December 2015

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

Abstract: We consider a type of evolution on {0,1}^n which occurs in discrete steps whereby at each step, we replace every occurrence of the substring "01" by "10". After at most n-1 steps we will reach a string of the form 11..1100..11, which we will call a "stabilized" string and we call the number of steps required the "stabilization time". If we choose each bit of the string independently to be a 1 with probability p and a 0 with probability 1-p, then the stabilization time of a string in {0,1}^n is a random variable with values in 0,1,...,n-1}. We study the asymptotic behavior of this random variable as n goes to infinity and we determine its limit distribution after suitable centering and scaling . When p is not 1/2, the limit distribution is Gaussian. When p = 1/2, the limit distribution is a chi_3 distribution. We also explicitly compute the limit distribution in a threshold setting where p=p_n varies with n given by p_n = 1/2 + lambda / 2 sqrt{n} for lambda > 0 a fixed parameter. This analysis gives rise to a one parameter family of distributions that fit between a chi_3 and a Gaussian distribution. The tools used in our arguments are a natural interpretation of strings in {0,1}^n as Young diagrams, and a connection with the known distribution for the maximal height of a Brownian path on [0,1].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.0444

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zbMATH Keywords

interacting particle systemsscaling limitscombinatorial probabilitybinary stringsweak limit theoremsstabilization time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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