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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484809303321

Autore

Le Jan Yves

Titolo

Markov Paths, Loops and Fields [[electronic resource] ] : École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XXXVIII – 2008 / / by Yves Le Jan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011

ISBN

3-642-21216-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 124 p. 9 illus.)

Collana

École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour, , 0721-5363 ; ; 2026

Classificazione

60J2760K3560J45

Disciplina

519.233

Soggetti

Probabilities

Potential theory (Mathematics)

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Potential Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Symmetric Markov processes on finite spaces -- 2 Loop measures -- 3 Geodesic loops -- 4 Poisson process of loops -- 5 The Gaussian free field -- 6 Energy variation and representations -- 7 Decompositions -- 8 Loop erasure and spanning trees -- 9 Reflection positivity -- 10 The case of general symmetric Markov processes.

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of these notes is to explore some simple relations between Markovian path and loop measures, the Poissonian ensembles of loops they determine, their occupation fields, uniform spanning trees, determinants, and Gaussian Markov fields such as the free field. These relations are first studied in complete generality for the finite discrete setting, then partly generalized to specific examples in infinite and continuous spaces.