A lower bound for the Chung-Diaconis-Graham random process

dc.creatorHildebrand, Martin
dc.date2008-01-20
dc.date2008-05-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:41:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:41:28Z
dc.descriptionChung, Diaconis, and Graham considered random processes of the form X_{n+1}=a_n X_n+b_n (mod p) where p is odd, X_0=0, a_n=2 always, and b_n are i.i.d. for n=0,1,2,... . In this paper, we show that if P(b_n=-1)=P{b_n=0)=P(b_n=1)=1/3, then there exists a constant c>1 such that c log_2 p steps are not enough to make X_n get close to uniformly distributed on the integers mod p.
dc.description10 pages; this version makes a small change on p. 6
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3094
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3094
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161837
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60C05 (Primary); 60B15 (Secondary)
dc.titleA lower bound for the Chung-Diaconis-Graham random process
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