Random walk driven by two-dimensional discrete Gaussian free field

Random walk driven by two-dimensional discrete Gaussian free field

Probability Seminar
Apr 26, 2017, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Marek Biskup, U.C.L.A. Mathematics
I will discuss the random walk driven by two-dimensional pinned discrete Gaussian Free Field (pDGFF). Explicitly, I will consider the Markov chain on the square lattice that jumps across an edge with probability proportional to the exponential of the gradient of pDGFF across that edge. The chain thus tends to move in the direction of increasing values of the pDGFF and this results in trapping. I...