A lower bound for the Chung-Diaconis-Graham random process
Probability
2008-05-30 v2
Abstract
Chung, Diaconis, and Graham considered random processes of the form X_{n+1}=a_n X_n+b_n (mod p) where p is odd, X_0=0, a_n=2 always, and b_n are i.i.d. for n=0,1,2,... . In this paper, we show that if P(b_n=-1)=P{b_n=0)=P(b_n=1)=1/3, then there exists a constant c>1 such that c log_2 p steps are not enough to make X_n get close to uniformly distributed on the integers mod p.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.3094,
title = {A lower bound for the Chung-Diaconis-Graham random process},
author = {Martin Hildebrand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3094},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages; this version makes a small change on p. 6