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Some properties of Markov chains on the free group $\mathbb F_2$

Group Theory 2023-09-27 v2 Probability

Abstract

Random walks cannot, in general, be pushed forward by quasi-isometries. Tame Markov chains were introduced as a `quasi-isometry invariant' are a generalization of random walks. In this paper, we construct several examples of tame Markov chains on the free group exhibiting `exotic' behaviour; one, where the drift is not well defined and one where the drift is well defined but the Central Limit Theorem does not hold. We show that this is not a failure of the notion of tame Markov chain, but rather that any quasi-isometry invariant theory that generalizes random walks will include examples without well-defined drift.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2304.01271,
  title  = {Some properties of Markov chains on the free group $\mathbb F_2$},
  author = {Antoine Goldsborough and Stefanie Zbinden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.01271},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 figures. Corrected some typos and added minor clarifications. To appear in Journal of Theoretical Probability