Glauber dynamics on trees: Boundary conditions and mixing time

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-334

  Martinelli, Fabio ^a   Sinclair, Alistair ^b   Weitz, Dror ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 5644296193     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1147-y     Document Type: Article

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