Harmonic Analysis on Finite Groups

by Tullio Ceccherini-Silberstein, Filippo Tolli, Fabio Scarabotti

Line up a deck of 52 cards on a table. Randomly choose two cards and switch them. How many switches are needed in order to mix up the deck? Starting from a few concrete problems such as random walks on the discrete circle and the finite ultrametric space this book develops the necessary tools for the asymptotic analysis of these processes. This detailed study culminates with the case-by-case analysis of the cut-off phenomenon discovered by Persi Diaconis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521883369
• ISBN13: 9780521883368
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.0"