Effect of Initial Conditions on Mixing for Spin Systems

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Examines how initial configurations influence mixing times of Markov chains for spin systems, focusing on concrete models from statistical physics (e.g., Ising/Potts-type systems) and studying the impact of starting states on convergence to equilibrium using probabilistic and Markov-chain techniques.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:49The 1D Ising model, revisited
3. 7:32Phase transition in 1D Ising
4. 9:51Fast initial states in 1D Ising
5. 14:27Glauber dynamics for Ising
6. 16:56Static vs. stochastic Ising Expected behavior for the Ising
7. 20:30Believed picture for Ising on 2
8. 22:40Glauber dynamics for 2D Ising
9. 23:55Recipe for stochastic Ising analysis Traditional approach to sharp mixing results
10. 24:51Simultaneous space-time analysis Information percolation clusters in the space-time slabs
11. 25:21Update functions (ID Ising model)
12. 36:25The framework in ID
13. 47:17Mixing of critical 2D Potts/FK