The limit-shape conjecture for the MERW pyramidal process

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Let (Pn)n≥0(P_n)_{n\geq 0} be the suitably scaled maximal entropy random walk pyramidal process. Define

Ω(u)=2π[uarcsin⁡(u)+1−u2],−1≤u≤1,\Omega(u)=\frac{2}{\pi}\left[u\arcsin(u)+\sqrt{1-u^2}\right],\qquad -1\leq u\leq 1,

and let H\mathcal{H} be the graph of Ω\Omega. Set

T(u,v)=(u+v2,v−u2),S(x,y)=(−x,y),T(u,v)=\left(\frac{u+v}{2},\frac{v-u}{2}\right),\qquad S(x,y)=(-x,y),

and G=T(H)∪ST(H)\mathcal{G}=T(\mathcal{H})\cup ST(\mathcal{H}). Limit-shape conjecture. The distance between the boundary of PnP_n and G\mathcal{G} tends to zero with probability one. This proposes that the scaled MERW pyramidal process has the same symmetric limit shape as the classical Plancherel growth process. The statement is supported by numerical simulations in the paper, but no proof or resolution is supplied.

References

Primary source

Yoann Offret and Sergey Dovgal, “Maximal entropy random walks and central Markov chains”, arXiv:2503.08172 (2025).

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