A tale of two balloons

Omer Angel (UBC)

26-Mar-2021, 16:30-17:30 (3 years ago)

Abstract: We study the following process, motivated by coalescing random walks: From each point of a Poisson point process start growing a balloon at rate 1. When two balloons touch, they pop and disappear. We study this on various spaces and various starting states. En route we find a new(ish) 0-1 law, and generalize bounds on independent sets that are factors of IID. Joint work with Gourab Ray and Yinon Spinka.

mathematical physicsprobability

Audience: researchers in the topic


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