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arxiv: 1405.1749 · v3 · pith:7L4NAN4Znew · submitted 2014-05-07 · 🧮 math.PR

Fixation to Consensus on Tree-related Graphs

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We study a continuous time Markov process whose state space consists of an assignment of +1 or -1 to each vertex of a graph G. The graphs that we treat are related to homogeneous trees of degree K $\geq$ 3, such as finite or infinite stacks of such trees. The initial spin configuration is chosen from a Bernoulli product measure with density $\theta$ of +1 spins. The system evolves according to an agreement inducing dynamics: each vertex, at rate 1, changes its spin value to agree with the majority of its neighbors. We study the long time behavior of this system and prove that, if $\theta$ is close enough to 1, the system reaches fixation to consensus. The geometric percolation-type arguments introduced here may be of independent interest.

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