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We introduce a one-parametric family of tree growth models, in which branching probabilities decrease with branch age $\tau$ as $\tau^{-\alpha}$. Depending on the exponent $\alpha$, the scaling of tree depth with tree size $n$ displays a…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2015-02-04 Stephanie Keller-Schmidt , Murat Tugrul , Victor M. Eguiluz , Emilio Hernandez-Garcia , Konstantin Klemm

We use the correlation matrix of the generating distribution to determine the mixing time for random walks on the torus $(\mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z})^n$. We present our method in the context of the Diaconis-Gangolli random walk on both the $1…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Zihao Fang , Andrew Heeszel

The intersection graph of a collection of trapezoids with corner points lying on two parallel lines is called a trapezoid graph. Using binary indexed tree data structure, we improve algorithms for calculating the size and the number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Aleksandar Ilic , Andreja Ilic

Recently, 2-protected nodes were studied in the context of ordered trees and $k$-trees. These nodes have a distance of at least 2 to each leaf. Here, we study digital search trees, which are binary trees, but with a different probability…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-11-08 Rosena R. X. Du , Helmut Prodinger

Convergence of directed forests, spanning on random subsets of lattices or on point processes, towards the Brownian web has made the subject of an abundant literature, a large part of which relies on a criterion proposed by Fontes, Isopi,…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-02-12 David Coupier , Kumarjit Saha , Anish Sarkar , Viet Chi Tran

Consider a random walk on a tree $G=(V,E)$. For $v,w \in V$, let the hitting time $H(v,w)$ denote the expected number of steps required for the random walk started at $v$ to reach $w$, and let $\pi_v = \mathrm{deg}(v)/2|E|$ denote the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Andrew Beveridge , Ben Bridenbaugh , Ari Holcombe Pomerance

We present an algorithm that, with high probability, generates a random spanning tree from an edge-weighted undirected graph in $\tilde{O}(n^{4/3}m^{1/2}+n^{2})$ time (The $\tilde{O}(\cdot)$ notation hides $\operatorname{polylog}(n)$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-06-22 David Durfee , Rasmus Kyng , John Peebles , Anup B. Rao , Sushant Sachdeva

This paper studies the on- and off-diagonal upper estimate and the two-sided transition probability estimate of random walks on weighted graphs.

Probability · Mathematics 2008-01-16 Andras Telcs

Tiet\"{a}v\"{a}inen's upper and lower bounds assert that for block-length-$n$ linear codes with dual distance $d$, the covering radius $R$ is at most $\frac{n}{2}-(\frac{1}{2}-o(1))\sqrt{dn}$ and typically at least…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Louay Bazzi

Given point sets $A$ and $B$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$ where $A$ and $B$ have equal size $n$ for some constant dimension $d$ and a parameter $\varepsilon>0$, we present the first deterministic algorithm that computes, in $n\cdot(\varepsilon^{-1}…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-11 Pankaj K. Agarwal , Hsien-Chih Chang , Sharath Raghvendra , Allen Xiao

We study a variant of the down-up and up-down walks over an $n$-partite simplicial complex, which we call expanderized higher order random walks -- where the sequence of updated coordinates correspond to the sequence of vertices visited by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Vedat Levi Alev , Shravas Rao

Expectation Propagation (EP) provides a framework for approximate inference. When the model under consideration is over a latent Gaussian field, with the approximation being Gaussian, we show how these approximations can systematically be…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-10-28 Manfred Opper , Ulrich Paquet , Ole Winther

The task of finding an entry in an unsorted list of $N$ elements famously takes $O(N)$ queries to an oracle for a classical computer and $O(\sqrt{N})$ queries for a quantum computer using Grover's algorithm. Reformulated as a spatial search…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-04 Thomas G. Wong

We prove that given a discrete space with $n$ points which is either embedded in a system of $k$ trees, or the Cartesian product of $k$ trees, we can compute all eccentricities in ${\cal O}(2^{{\cal O}(k\log{k})}(N+n)^{1+o(1)})$ time, where…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-30 Guillaume Ducoffe

We consider a random walk on the fully-connected lattice with $N$ sites and study the time evolution of the number of distinct sites $s$ visited by the walker on a subset with $n$ sites. A record value $v$ is obtained for $s$ at a record…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-21 L. Turban

The {\em maximum cardinality} and {\em maximum weight matching} problems can be solved in time $\tilde{O}(m\sqrt{n})$, a bound that has resisted improvement despite decades of research. (Here $m$ and $n$ are the number of edges and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-12-06 Ran Duan , Seth Pettie , Hsin-Hao Su

We study a natural random walk on the $n \times n$ upper triangular matrices, with entries in $\mathbb{Z}/m \mathbb{Z}$, generated by steps which add or subtract a uniformly random row to the row above. We show that the mixing time of this…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-02-03 Evita Nestoridi , Allan Sly

Existing parallel algorithms for wavelet tree construction have a work complexity of $O(n\log\sigma)$. This paper presents parallel algorithms for the problem with improved work complexity. Our first algorithm is based on parallel integer…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Julian Shun

Consider the following generalization of the classic binary search problem: a searcher is required to find a hidden vertex $x$ in a tree $T$. To do so, they iteratively perform queries to an oracle, each about a chosen vertex $v$. After…

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