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Bounded cutoff window for the non-backtracking random walk on Ramanujan Graphs

Probability 2021-05-07 v2 Combinatorics Group Theory Number Theory

Abstract

We prove that the non-backtracking random walk on Ramanujan graphs with large girth exhibits the fastest possible cutoff with a bounded window.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2103.15176,
  title  = {Bounded cutoff window for the non-backtracking random walk on Ramanujan Graphs},
  author = {Evita Nestoridi and Peter Sarnak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.15176},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

16 pages, the second version fixes some minor typos

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