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Branching Random Walks on relatively hyperbolic groups

Probability 2022-11-15 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let Γ\Gamma be a non-elementary relatively hyperbolic group with a finite generating set. Consider a finitely supported admissible and symmetric probability measure μ\mu on Γ\Gamma and a probability measure ν\nu on N\mathbb{N} with mean rr. Let BRW(Γ,ν,μ)\mathrm{BRW}(\Gamma,\nu,\mu) be the branching random walk on Γ\Gamma with offspring distribution ν\nu and base motion given by the random walk with step distribution μ\mu. It is known that for 1<rR1 < r \leq R with RR the radius of convergence for the Green function of the random walk, the population of BRW(Γ,ν,μ)\mathrm{BRW}(\Gamma,\nu,\mu) survives forever, but eventually vacates every finite subset of Γ\Gamma. We prove that in this regime, the growth rate of the trace of the branching random walk is equal to the growth rate ωΓ(r)\omega_\Gamma(r) of the Green function of the underlying random walk. We also prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the limit set Λ(r)\Lambda(r), which is the random subset of the Bowditch boundary consisting of all accumulation points of the trace of BRW(Γ,ν,μ)\mathrm{BRW}(\Gamma,\nu,\mu), is equal to a constant times ωΓ(r)\omega_\Gamma(r).

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@article{arxiv.2211.07213,
  title  = {Branching Random Walks on relatively hyperbolic groups},
  author = {Matthieu Dussaule and Longmin Wang and Wenyuan Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07213},
  year   = {2022}
}
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