Random sampling of trivials words in finitely presented groups

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العنوان: Random sampling of trivials words in finitely presented groups
المؤلفون: Elder, M., Rechnitzer, A., van Rensburg, E. J. Janse
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Mathematics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Mathematics - Group Theory, Mathematics - Probability, 20F69, 20F65, 05A15, 60J20
الوصف: We describe a novel algorithm for random sampling of freely reduced words equal to the identity in a finitely presented group. The algorithm is based on Metropolis Monte Carlo sampling. The algorithm samples from a stretched Boltzmann distribution \begin{align*}\pi(w) &= (|w|+1)^{\alpha} \beta^{|w|} \cdot Z^{-1} \end{align*} where $|w|$ is the length of a word $w$, $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are parameters of the algorithm, and $Z$ is a normalising constant. It follows that words of the same length are sampled with the same probability. The distribution can be expressed in terms of the cogrowth series of the group, which then allows us to relate statistical properties of words sampled by the algorithm to the cogrowth of the group, and hence its amenability. We have implemented the algorithm and applied it to several group presentations including the Baumslag-Solitar groups, some free products studied by Kouksov, a finitely presented amenable group that is not subexponentially amenable (based on the basilica group), and Richard Thompson's group $F$.
Comment: 28 pages, 9 figures. This article supersedes arXiv:1210.3425
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.5722
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1312.5722
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv