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A weakly stable algorithm for general Toeplitz systems
We show that a fast algorithm for the QR factorization of a Toeplitz or
Hankel matrix A is weakly stable in the sense that R^T.R is close to A^T.A.
Thus, when the algorithm is used to solve the semi-normal equations R^T.Rx =
A^Tb, we obtain a weakly stable method for the solution of a nonsingular
Toeplitz or Hankel linear system Ax = b. The algorithm also applies to the
solution of the full-rank Toeplitz or Hankel least squares problem.Comment: 17 pages. An old Technical Report with postscript added. For further
details, see http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/~brent/pub/pub143.htm
Ergodic Randomized Algorithms and Dynamics over Networks
Algorithms and dynamics over networks often involve randomization, and
randomization may result in oscillating dynamics which fail to converge in a
deterministic sense. In this paper, we observe this undesired feature in three
applications, in which the dynamics is the randomized asynchronous counterpart
of a well-behaved synchronous one. These three applications are network
localization, PageRank computation, and opinion dynamics. Motivated by their
formal similarity, we show the following general fact, under the assumptions of
independence across time and linearities of the updates: if the expected
dynamics is stable and converges to the same limit of the original synchronous
dynamics, then the oscillations are ergodic and the desired limit can be
locally recovered via time-averaging.Comment: 11 pages; submitted for publication. revised version with fixed
technical flaw and updated reference
On the Distributions of the Lengths of the Longest Monotone Subsequences in Random Words
We consider the distributions of the lengths of the longest weakly increasing
and strongly decreasing subsequences in words of length N from an alphabet of k
letters. We find Toeplitz determinant representations for the exponential
generating functions (on N) of these distribution functions and show that they
are expressible in terms of solutions of Painlev\'e V equations. We show
further that in the weakly increasing case the generating function gives the
distribution of the smallest eigenvalue in the k x k Laguerre random matrix
ensemble and that the distribution itself has, after centering and normalizing,
an N -> infinity limit which is equal to the distribution function for the
largest eigenvalue in the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble of k x k hermitian matrices
of trace zero.Comment: 30 pages, revised version corrects an error in the statement of
Theorem
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