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CRITICAL WETTING FOR A RANDOM LINE IN LONG-RANGE POTENTIAL
We consider a restricted Solid-on-Solid interface in Z_+, subject to apotential V(n) behaving at infinity like -w/n^2. Whenever there is a wetting transition as b_0=exp V(0) is varied, we prove the following results for the density of returns m(b_0) to the origin: If w1/8, there is no wetting transition
Correlations of a bound interface over a random substrate
The correlation function of a one-dimensional interface over a random
substrate, bound to the substrate by a pressure term, is studied by Monte-Carlo
simulation. It is found that the height correlation , averaged
over the substrate disorder, fits a form exp(-(j/b)^c) to a surprising
precision in the full range of j where the correlation is non-negligible. The
exponent c increases from 1.0 to 1.5 when the interface tension is taken larger
and larger.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
A Bose-Einstein Approach to the Random Partitioning of an Integer
Consider N equally-spaced points on a circle of circumference N. Choose at
random n points out of on this circle and append clockwise an arc of
integral length k to each such point. The resulting random set is made of a
random number of connected components. Questions such as the evaluation of the
probability of random covering and parking configurations, number and length of
the gaps are addressed. They are the discrete versions of similar problems
raised in the continuum. For each value of k, asymptotic results are presented
when n,N both go to infinity according to two different regimes. This model may
equivalently be viewed as a random partitioning problem of N items into n
recipients. A grand-canonical balls in boxes approach is also supplied, giving
some insight into the multiplicities of the box filling amounts or spacings.
The latter model is a k-nearest neighbor random graph with N vertices and kn
edges. We shall also briefly consider the covering problem in the context of a
random graph model with N vertices and n (out-degree 1) edges whose endpoints
are no more bound to be neighbors
A necklace of Wulff shapes
In a probabilistic model of a film over a disordered substrate, Monte-Carlo
simulations show that the film hangs from peaks of the substrate. The film
profile is well approximated by a necklace of Wulff shapes. Such a necklace can
be obtained as the infimum of a collection of Wulff shapes resting on the
substrate. When the random substrate is given by iid heights with exponential
distribution, we prove estimates on the probability density of the resulting
peaks, at small density
Information and (co-)variances in discrete evolutionary genetics involving solely selection
The purpose of this Note is twofold: First, we introduce the general
formalism of evolutionary genetics dynamics involving fitnesses, under both the
deterministic and stochastic setups, and chiefly in discrete-time. In the
process, we particularize it to a one-parameter model where only a selection
parameter is unknown. Then and in a parallel manner, we discuss the estimation
problems of the selection parameter based on a single-generation frequency
distribution shift under both deterministic and stochastic evolutionary
dynamics. In the stochastics, we consider both the celebrated Wright-Fisher and
Moran models.Comment: a paraitre dans Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and
Application
Uncoupled continuous-time random walks: Solution and limiting behavior of the master equation
A detailed study is presented for a large class of uncoupled continuous-time
random walks (CTRWs). The master equation is solved for the Mittag-Leffler
survival probability. The properly scaled diffusive limit of the master
equation is taken and its relation with the fractional diffusion equation is
discussed. Finally, some common objections found in the literature are
thoroughly reviewed.Comment: Preprint version of an already published paper. 8 page
A Pearson-Dirichlet random walk
A constrained diffusive random walk of n steps and a random flight in Rd,
which can be expressed in the same terms, were investigated independently in
recent papers. The n steps of the walk are identically and independently
distributed random vectors of exponential length and uniform orientation.
Conditioned on the sum of their lengths being equal to a given value l,
closed-form expressions for the distribution of the endpoint of the walk were
obtained altogether for any n for d=1, 2, 4 . Uniform distributions of the
endpoint inside a ball of radius l were evidenced for a walk of three steps in
2D and of two steps in 4D. The previous walk is generalized by considering step
lengths which are distributed over the unit (n-1) simplex according to a
Dirichlet distribution whose parameters are all equal to q, a given positive
value. The walk and the flight above correspond to q=1. For any d >= 3, there
exist, for integer and half-integer values of q, two families of
Pearson-Dirichlet walks which share a common property. For any n, the d
components of the endpoint are jointly distributed as are the d components of a
vector uniformly distributed over the surface of a hypersphere of radius l in a
space Rk whose dimension k is an affine function of n for a given d. Five
additional walks, with a uniform distribution of the endpoint in the inside of
a ball, are found from known finite integrals of products of powers and Bessel
functions of the first kind. They include four different walks in R3 and two
walks in R4. Pearson-Liouville random walks, obtained by distributing the total
lengths of the previous Pearson-Dirichlet walks, are finally discussed.Comment: 33 pages 1 figure, the paper includes the content of a recently
submitted work together with additional results and an extended section on
Pearson-Liouville random walk
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