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Mixing time of fractional random walk on finite fields

Probability 2021-03-15 v3 Combinatorics Group Theory Number Theory

Abstract

We study a random walk on Fp\mathbb{F}_p defined by Xn+1=1/Xn+εn+1X_{n+1}=1/X_n+\varepsilon_{n+1} if Xn0X_n\neq 0, and Xn+1=εn+1X_{n+1}=\varepsilon_{n+1} if Xn=0X_n=0, where εn+1\varepsilon_{n+1} are independent and identically distributed. This can be seen as a non-linear analogue of the Chung--Diaconis--Graham process. We show that the mixing time is of order logp\log p, answering a question of Chatterjee and Diaconis.

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@article{arxiv.2102.02781,
  title  = {Mixing time of fractional random walk on finite fields},
  author = {Jimmy He and Huy Tuan Pham and Max Wenqiang Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.02781},
  year   = {2021}
}

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