Efficient sampling conjecture for Potts models on random regular bipartite graphs

Let GG be a random Δ\Delta-regular bipartite graph on 2n2n vertices, let μG,q;β\mu_{G,q;\beta} be the anti-ferromagnetic qq-state Potts Gibbs distribution, and let an FPAUS mean a fully polynomial-time almost-uniform sampler. Efficient-sampling conjecture. For β>0\beta>0, with high probability there exists an FPAUS for μG,q;β\mu_{G,q;\beta} running in time polynomial in nn and Δ\Delta. Although single-site Glauber dynamics can mix torpidly, whether another fast Markov chain, such as polymer dynamics, yields an FPAUS remains open.

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Zhidan Li, Siyu Liu and Kuan Yang, “Counting and Sampling Anti-ferromagnetic Potts Models on Random Regular Bipartite Graphs in the Non-uniqueness Regime”, arXiv:2606.21250 (2026).

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