Croydon, David A. and Hambly, Ben M. (2010) Spectral asymptotics for stable trees. Electronic Journal of Probability, Vol.15 (No.57). pp. 1772-1801.

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Abstract

We calculate the mean and almost-sure leading order behaviour of the high frequency asymptotics of the eigenvalue counting function associated with the natural Dirichlet form on alpha-stable trees, which lead in turn to short-time heat kernel asymptotics for these random structures. In particular, the conclusions we obtain demonstrate that the spectral dimension of an alpha-stable tree is almost-surely equal to 2 alpha/(2 alpha-1), matching that of certain related discrete models. We also show that the exponent for the second term in the asymptotic expansion of the eigenvalue counting function is no greater than 1/(2 alpha-1). To prove our results, we adapt a self-similar fractal argument previously applied to the continuum random tree, replacing the decomposition of the continuum tree at the branch point of three suitably chosen vertices with a recently developed spinal decomposition for alpha-stable trees.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Decomposition (Mathematics), Eigenvalues, Dirichlet forms
Journal or Publication Title:	Electronic Journal of Probability
Publisher:	University of Washington. Dept. of Mathematics
ISSN:	1083-6489
Official Date:	14 November 2010
Dates:	Date Event 14 November 2010 Published
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.57
Number of Pages:	30
Page Range:	pp. 1772-1801
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access

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