Minimum stationary values of sparse random directed graphs

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Hauptverfasser: Cai, Xing Shi, Perarnau, Guillem
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author Cai, Xing Shi
Perarnau, Guillem
author_facet Cai, Xing Shi
Perarnau, Guillem
contents We consider the stationary distribution of the simple random walk on the directed configuration model with bounded degrees. Provided that the minimum out-degree is at least $2$, with high probability (whp) there is a unique stationary distribution. We show that the minimum positive stationary value is whp $n^{-(1+C+o(1))}$ for some constant $C \ge 0$ determined by the degree distribution. In particular, $C$ is the competing combination of two factors: (1) the contribution of atypically "thin" in-neighbourhoods, controlled by subcritical branching processes; and (2) the contribution of atypically "light" trajectories, controlled by large deviation rate functions. Additionally, our proof implies that whp the hitting and the cover time are both $n^{1+C+o(1)}$. Our results complement those of Caputo and Quattropani who showed that if the minimum in-degree is at least 2, stationary values have logarithmic fluctuations around $n^{-1}$.
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spellingShingle Minimum stationary values of sparse random directed graphs
Cai, Xing Shi
Perarnau, Guillem
Probability
Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
We consider the stationary distribution of the simple random walk on the directed configuration model with bounded degrees. Provided that the minimum out-degree is at least $2$, with high probability (whp) there is a unique stationary distribution. We show that the minimum positive stationary value is whp $n^{-(1+C+o(1))}$ for some constant $C \ge 0$ determined by the degree distribution. In particular, $C$ is the competing combination of two factors: (1) the contribution of atypically "thin" in-neighbourhoods, controlled by subcritical branching processes; and (2) the contribution of atypically "light" trajectories, controlled by large deviation rate functions. Additionally, our proof implies that whp the hitting and the cover time are both $n^{1+C+o(1)}$. Our results complement those of Caputo and Quattropani who showed that if the minimum in-degree is at least 2, stationary values have logarithmic fluctuations around $n^{-1}$.
title Minimum stationary values of sparse random directed graphs
topic Probability
Discrete Mathematics
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.07246