The $S_k$ shuffle block dynamics

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Main Authors: Nestoridi, Evita, Priestley, Amanda, Schmid, Dominik
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author Nestoridi, Evita
Priestley, Amanda
Schmid, Dominik
author_facet Nestoridi, Evita
Priestley, Amanda
Schmid, Dominik
contents We introduce and analyze the $S_k$ shuffle on $N$ cards, a natural generalization of the celebrated random adjacent transposition shuffle. In the $S_k$ shuffle, we choose uniformly at random a block of $k$ consecutive cards, and shuffle these cards according to a permutation chosen uniformly at random from the symmetric group on $k$ elements. We study the total-variation mixing time of the $S_k$ shuffle when the number of cards $N$ goes to infinity, allowing also $k=k(N)$ to grow with $N$. In particular, we show that the cutoff phenomenon occurs when $k=o(N^{\frac{1}{6}})$.
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spellingShingle The $S_k$ shuffle block dynamics
Nestoridi, Evita
Priestley, Amanda
Schmid, Dominik
Probability
Mathematical Physics
Combinatorics
Primary: 60K35, Secondary: 60K37, 60J27
We introduce and analyze the $S_k$ shuffle on $N$ cards, a natural generalization of the celebrated random adjacent transposition shuffle. In the $S_k$ shuffle, we choose uniformly at random a block of $k$ consecutive cards, and shuffle these cards according to a permutation chosen uniformly at random from the symmetric group on $k$ elements. We study the total-variation mixing time of the $S_k$ shuffle when the number of cards $N$ goes to infinity, allowing also $k=k(N)$ to grow with $N$. In particular, we show that the cutoff phenomenon occurs when $k=o(N^{\frac{1}{6}})$.
title The $S_k$ shuffle block dynamics
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
Combinatorics
Primary: 60K35, Secondary: 60K37, 60J27
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02588