A growth model in a random environment

dc.creatorGravner, Janko
dc.creatorTracy, Craig A.
dc.creatorWidom, Harold
dc.date2000-11-20
dc.date2001-07-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:38:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:38:42Z
dc.descriptionWe consider a model of interface growth in two dimensions, given by a height function on the sites of the one--dimensional integer lattice. According to the discrete time update rule, the height above the site $x$ increases to the height above $x-1$, if the latter height is larger; otherwise the height above $x$ increases by 1 with probability $p_x$. We assume that $p_x$ are chosen independently at random with a common distribution $F$, and that the initial state is such that the origin is far above the other sites. We explicitly identify the asymptotic shape and prove that, in the pure regime, the fluctuations about that shape, normalized by the square root of time, are asymptotically normal. This contrasts with the quenched version: conditioned on the environment, and normalized by the cube root of time, the fluctuations almost surely approach a distribution known from random matrix theory.
dc.description31 pages, 5 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0011150
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0011150
dc.identifierAnn. Probab. 30 (2002), 1340-1368.
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/60387
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject60K35; 05A16; 33E17; 82B44
dc.titleA growth model in a random environment
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