On the support of harmonic measure for the random walk

We show that harmonic measure for the simple random walk on then ×…×n cube in thed-dimensional lattice is supported on o(n ^d ) vertices. This research was supported in part by NSF grant # DMS-9353149.     

Spectral measure of the transition operator and harmonic functions connected with random walks on discrete groups

One considers a random walk on a countable group, determined by the measure. For amenable groups one gives an estimate of the spectral measure of the transition operator of the random walk in terms of the growth of the Følner sets, which allows us to find a lower bound for the probability of returning to the identity of inn steps. One gives an example of this estimate for the group. In the second part of the paper one obtains a lower bound for the entropy in terms of the oscillation of a nontrivial bounded -harmonic function on.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 97, pp. 102–109, 1980.In conclusion, the author expresses his deep gratitude to this scientific advisor A. M. Vershik for his constant interest and help.     

Dimensional properties of the harmonic measure for a random walk on a hyperbolic group

This paper deals with random walks on isometry groups of Gromov hyperbolic spaces, and more precisely with the dimension of the harmonic measure associated with such a random walk. We first establish a link of the form between the dimension of the harmonic measure, the asymptotic entropy of the random walk and its rate of escape . Then we use this inequality to show that the dimension of this measure can be made arbitrarily small and deduce a result on the type of the harmonic measure.

     

Rectifiability of harmonic measure

In the present paper we prove that for any open connected set \({\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{n+1}}\), \({n\geq 1}\), and any \({E\subset \partial \Omega}\) with \({\mathcal{H}^n(E)<\infty}\), absolute continuity of the harmonic measure \({\omega}\) with respect to the Hausdorff measure on E implies that \({\omega|_E}\) is rectifiable. This solves an open problem on harmonic measure which turns out to be an old conjecture even in the planar case \({n=1}\).     

The ratio set of the harmonic measure of a random walk on a hyperbolic group

We consider the harmonic measure on the Gromov boundary of a non-amenable hyperbolic group defined by a finite range random walk on the group, and study the corresponding orbit equivalence relation on the boundary. It is known to be always amenable and of type III. We determine its ratio set by showing that it is generated by certain values of the Martin kernel. In particular, we show that the equivalence relation is never of type III₀.     

Finite rank Toeplitz products with harmonic symbols

On the Bergman space of the unit ball of Cn, we study the finite rank problem for Toeplitz products with harmonic symbols. We first solve the problem with two factors in case symbols have local continuous extension property up to the boundary. Also, in case symbols have additional Lipschitz continuity up to (some part of) the boundary, we solve the problem for multiple products with number of factors depending on the dimension n. Analogous theorems on the polydisk are also obtained.     

Projection estimates for harmonic measure

Stochastic proofs of the Beurling projection theorem and the Hall projection theorem for harmonic measure are given. Somed-dimensional versions (for alld>1) which follow from this     

Smallest singular value of random matrices with independent columns

We study the smallest singular value of a square random matrix with i.i.d. columns drawn from an isotropic symmetric log-concave distribution. We prove a deviation inequality in terms of the isotropic constant of the distribution. To cite this article: R. Adamczak et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 346 (2008).     

Construction of a singular elliptic-harmonic measure

The authors study an example, suggested by E. De Giorgi, of a second-order uniformly elliptic partial differential operator in divergence form with continuous coefficients on a smooth domain in the plane such that the associated harmonic measure on the boundary is not absolutely continuous with respect to the ordinary surface measure.     

Chaos control by harmonic excitation with proper random phase

Chaos control may have a dual function: to suppress chaos or to generate it. We are interested in a kind of chaos control by exerting a weak harmonic excitation with random phase. The dual function of chaos control in a nonlinear dynamic system, whether a suppressing one or a generating one, can be realized by properly adjusting the level of random phase and determined by the sign of the top Lyapunov exponent of the system response. Two illustrative examples, a Duffing oscillator subject to a harmonic parametric control and a driven Murali-Lakshmanan-Chua (MLC) circuit imposed with a weak harmonic control, are presented here to show that the random phase plays a decisive role for control function. The method for computing the top Lyapunov exponent is based on Khasminskii's formulation for linearized systems. Then, the obtained results are further verified by the Poincare map analysis on dynamical behavior of the system, such as stability, bifurcation and chaos. Both two methods lead to fully consistent results.     

Zero products of Toeplitz operators with harmonic symbols

On the Bergman space of the unit ball in Cⁿ, we solve the zero-product problem for two Toeplitz operators with harmonic symbols that have continuous extensions to (some part of) the boundary. In the case where symbols have Lipschitz continuous extensions to the boundary, we solve the zero-product problem for multiple products with the number of factors depending on the dimension n of the underlying space; the number of factors is n+3. We also prove a local version of this result but with loss of a factor.     

Asymptotic porosity of planar harmonic measure

We study the distribution of harmonic measure on connected Julia sets of unicritical polynomials. Harmonic measure on a full compact set in ? is always concentrated on a set which is porous for a positive density of scales. We prove that there is a topologically generic set $\mathcal{A}$ in the boundary of the Mandelbrot set such that for every $c\in \mathcal{A}$ , β>0, and λ∈(0,1), the corresponding Julia set is a full compact set with harmonic measure concentrated on a set which is not β-porous in scale λ ⁿ for n from a set with positive density amongst natural numbers.