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For distributions over discrete product spaces $\prod_{i=1}^n \Omega_i'$, Glauber dynamics is a Markov chain that at each step, resamples a random coordinate conditioned on the other coordinates. We show that $k$-Glauber dynamics, which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Holden Lee

Over the past decades, a fascinating computational phase transition has been identified in sampling from Gibbs distributions. Though, the computational complexity at the critical point remains poorly understood, as previous algorithmic and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Xiaoyu Chen , Zongchen Chen , Yitong Yin , Xinyuan Zhang

We consider the performance of Glauber dynamics for the random cluster model with real parameter $q>1$ and temperature $\beta>0$. Recent work by Helmuth, Jenssen and Perkins detailed the ordered/disordered transition of the model on random…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Andreas Galanis , Leslie Ann Goldberg , Paulina Smolarova

Consider Glauber dynamics for the Ising model on a graph of $n$ vertices. Hayes and Sinclair showed that the mixing time for this dynamics is at least $n\log n/f(\Delta)$, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree and $f(\Delta) = \Theta(\Delta…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-09-26 Jian Ding , Yuval Peres

The kinetic Ising model on a n-isotopic chain is considered in the framework of Glauber dynamics. The chain is composed of N segments with n sites, each one occupied by a different isotope. Due to the isotopic mass difference, the n spins…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-24 L. L. Goncalves , M. Lopez de Haro , J. Taguena-Martinez

We prove an optimal $\Omega(n^{-1})$ lower bound on the spectral gap of Glauber dynamics for anti-ferromagnetic two-spin systems with $n$ vertices in the tree uniqueness regime. This spectral gap holds for all, including unbounded, maximum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-22 Xiaoyu Chen , Weiming Feng , Yitong Yin , Xinyuan Zhang

The Gaussian Free Field (GFF) is a canonical random surface in probability theory generalizing Brownian motion to higher dimensions. In two dimensions, it is critical in several senses, and is expected to be the universal scaling limit of a…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Shirshendu Ganguly , Reza Gheissari

In this article, we derive a sharp mixing time estimate of the Glauber dynamics for the Curie-Weiss-Potts model in the low-temperature regime. In contrast to the high-temperature regime studied by Cuff et al. (J. Stat. Phys. 149: 432-477,…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Seonwoo Kim , Jungkyoung Lee

In the study of Markov chain mixing times, analysis has centered on the performance from a worst-case starting state. Here, in the context of Glauber dynamics for the one-dimensional Ising model, we show how new ideas from information…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-01-24 Eyal Lubetzky , Allan Sly

This paper provides an overview of the research on the metastable behavior of the Ising model. We analyze the transition times from the set of metastable states to the set of the stable states by identifying the critical configurations that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-13 Vanessa Jacquier

We consider the Glauber dynamics for model of polymer interacting with a substrate or wall. The state space is the set of one-dimensional nearest-neighbor paths on $\mathbb{Z}$ with nonnegative integer coordinates, starting at $0$ and…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-08-17 Shangjie Yang

We consider Ising models on the hypercube with a general interaction matrix $J$, and give a polynomial time sampling algorithm when all but $O(1)$ eigenvalues of $J$ lie in an interval of length one, a situation which occurs in many models…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Frederic Koehler , Holden Lee , Andrej Risteski

We introduce and analyze a natural class of nonlinear dynamics for spin systems such as the Ising model. This class of dynamics is based on the framework of mass action kinetics, which models the evolution of systems of entities under…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-12-24 Pietro Caputo , Alistair Sinclair

Consider the event that there is a $+$ crossing from left to right in a box for the Ising model on the triangular lattice. We show that this event is noise sensitive under Glauber dynamics $t \mapsto \sigma_t$ in the subcritical regime…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Vincent Tassion , Hugo Vanneuville

We prove that Ising models on the hypercube with general quadratic interactions satisfy a Poincar\'{e} inequality with respect to the natural Dirichlet form corresponding to Glauber dynamics, as soon as the operator norm of the interaction…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-08-10 Ronen Eldan , Frederic Koehler , Ofer Zeitouni

We study the problem of learning the structure and parameters of the Ising model, a fundamental model of high-dimensional data, when observing the evolution of an associated Markov chain. A recent line of work has studied the natural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Jason Gaitonde , Ankur Moitra , Elchanan Mossel

An important paradigm in the understanding of mixing times of Glauber dynamics for spin systems is the correspondence between spatial mixing properties of the models and bounds on the mixing time of the dynamics. This includes, in…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-10-05 Reza Gheissari , Alistair Sinclair

The ferromagnetic Ising model on an $n\times n$ square lattice region $\Lambda$ with mixed boundary conditions can exhibit a phase transition as temperature varies. For this spin system, if we fix the spins on the top and bottom sides of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-26 David Gillman , Dana Randall

We consider Glauber dynamics for the low-temperature, ferromagnetic Ising Model set on the n-dimensional hypercube. We derive precise asymptotic results for the crossover time (the time it takes for the dynamics to go from the configuration…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-09-01 Oliver Jovanovski

Recently, Eldan, Koehler, and Zeitouni (2020) showed that Glauber dynamics mixes rapidly for general Ising models so long as the difference between the largest and smallest eigenvalues of the coupling matrix is at most $1 - \epsilon$ for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Dmitriy Kunisky