Clairvoyant scheduling of random walks
Probability
2011-04-20 v9 Combinatorics
Abstract
Two infinite walks on the same finite graph are called compatible if it is possible to introduce delays into them in such a way that they never collide. Years ago, Peter Winkler asked the question: for which graphs are two independent walks compatible with positive probability. Up to now, no such graphs were found. We show in this paper that large complete graphs have this property. The question is equivalent to a certain dependent percolation with a power-law behavior: the probability that the origin is blocked at distance n but not closer decreases only polynomially fast and not, as usual, exponentially.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0109152,
title = {Clairvoyant scheduling of random walks},
author = {Peter Gacs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0109152},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
86 pages, 24 figures. Additional corrections, this is the version accepted for publication