Random Averages on the Integer Lattice
Speaker:
Austin Eide (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Date and Time:
Monday, April 14, 2025 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
The Fields Institute, Room 210
Abstract:
In the averaging process on a graph G=(V,E), a random mass distribution η on V is repeatedly updated via transformations of the form ηv,ηw↦(ηv+ηw)/2, with updates made according to independent Poisson clocks associated to the edge set E. We'll discuss this process when the underlying graph G is the integer lattice Zd. We show that it exhibits tight asymptotic concentration around its mean and use this to obtain a central limit theorem. The proof relies on reducing the original problem to one about an associated random walk on Zd, a technique which is likely adaptable to similar processes.