English

On the central limit theorem for the two-sided descent statistics in Coxeter groups

Probability 2020-03-16 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In 2018, Kahle and Stump raised the following problem: identify sequences of finite Coxeter groups WnW_n for which the two-sided descent statistics on a uniform random element of WnW_n is asymptotically normal. Recently, Br\"uck and R\"ottger provided an almost-complete answer, assuming some regularity condition on the sequence WnW_n. In this note, we provide a shorter proof of their result, which does not require any regularity condition. The main new proof ingredient is the use of the second Wasserstein distance on probability distributions, based on the work of Mallows (1972).

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@article{arxiv.1911.10939,
  title  = {On the central limit theorem for the two-sided descent statistics in Coxeter groups},
  author = {Valentin Féray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.10939},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

7 pages; v2, includes a short appendix with basic definitions on Coxeter groups

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