Comparing mixing times on sparse random graphs

Anna Ben-Hamou, Eyal Lubetzky, Yuval Peres

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Abstract

It is natural to expect that nonbacktracking random walk will mix faster than simple random walks, but so far this has only been proved in regular graphs. To analyze typical irregular graphs, let G be a random graph on n vertices with minimum degree 3 and a degree distribution that has exponential tails. We determine the precise worst-case mixing time for simple random walk on G, and show that, with high probability, it exhibits cutof at time h-1 log n, where h is the asymptotic entropy for simple random walk on a Galton-Watson tree that approximates G locally. (Previously this was only known for typical starting points.) Furthermore, we show this asymptotic mixing time is strictly larger than the mixing time of nonbacktracking walk, via a delicate comparison of entropies on the Galton-Watson tree.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2018
EditorsArtur Czumaj
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1734-1740
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781611975031
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2018 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: Jan 7 2018Jan 10 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms

Other

Other29th Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SODA 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period1/7/181/10/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • General Mathematics

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