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Lipschitz embeddings of random sequences

Probability 2012-04-20 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

We develop a new multi-scale framework flexible enough to solve a number of problems involving embedding random sequences into random sequences. Grimmett, Liggett and Richthammer asked whether there exists an increasing M-Lipschitz embedding from one i.i.d. Bernoulli sequences into an independent copy with positive probability. We give a positive answer for large enough M. A closely related problem is to show that two independent Poisson processes on R are roughly isometric (or quasi-isometric). Our approach also applies in this case answering a conjecture of Szegedy and of Peled. Our theorem also gives a new proof to Winkler's compatible sequences problem.

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@article{arxiv.1204.2931,
  title  = {Lipschitz embeddings of random sequences},
  author = {Riddhipratim Basu and Allan Sly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.2931},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

46 pages, 3 figures added

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