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Proposition 10.5. Let \( x \) be an arbitrary point of \( C \) . Then we have\n\n\[ \mathop{\liminf }\limits_{\substack{{y \rightarrow x} \\ {y \in C} }}\frac{\lg \left| {G\left( x\right) - G\left( y\right) }\right| }{\lg \left| {x - y}\right| } = {s}_{c} \]
Proof. It suffices to show that\n\n\[ \mathop{\liminf }\limits_{\substack{{y \rightarrow x} \\ {y \in C} }}\frac{\lg \left| {G\left( x\right) - G\left( y\right) }\right| }{\lg \left| {x - y}\right| } \leq {s}_{c} \]\n\nChoosing \( \left| {x - y}\right| = \frac{2}{{3}^{n}} \) for \( n \rightarrow \infty \) we obtain the...
No
Theorem 10.10. For \( {\mathcal{H}}^{{s}_{c}} \) almost all \( x \in C \) the logarithmic average density\n\n\[ \n{A}^{{s}_{c}}\left( x\right) \mathrel{\text{:=}} \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{T \rightarrow \infty }}\frac{1}{T}{\int }_{0}^{T}\frac{\widehat{G}\left( {x + {\mathrm{e}}^{-t}}\right) - \widehat{G}\left( {x - {\ma...
For the proof see [24, Theorem 6.6] and also [4].
No
Theorem 10.11 (Feng et al. [26]). 10.11.1. For all \( x \in C \) ,
\[ {\Theta }_{ * }^{{s}_{c}}\left( x\right) = {\left( 4 - 6\tau \left( x\right) \right) }^{-{s}_{c}}. \]
Yes
Theorem 2.3.4 (Mean Ergodic Theorem) Under the hypotheses in Theorem 2.2.5,\n\n\\[ \mathop{\sup }\limits_{{j \in \mathbb{S}}}\mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {\left( {\bar{T}}_{j}^{\left( n\right) } - {\left( \pi \right) }_{j}\right) }^{2}\right\rbrack \leq \frac{2\left( {M - 1}\right) }{n\epsilon }\;\text{ for all }n \geq 1. \\...
Proof Let \\( \\overline{\mathbf{f}} \\) be the column vector determined by the function \\( \\bar{f} = f - \\pi \\mathbf{f} \\) . Obviously,\n\n\\[ \frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}^{{n - 1}}f\left( {X}_{m}\right) - \\pi \\mathbf{f} = \frac{1}{n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\\bar{f}\left( {X}_{m}\...
Yes
Theorem 2.3.6 For all \( m \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) and \( \left( {i, j}\right) \in {\mathbb{S}}^{2} \) , \[ \mathbb{P}\left( {{\rho }_{j}^{\left( m\right) } < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right) = \mathbb{P}\left( {{\rho }_{j} < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right) \mathbb{P}{\left( {\rho }_{j} < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = j\right...
Proof To prove the first statement, we apply (2.1.11) and the monotone convergence theorem, Theorem 7.1.9, to justify \[ \mathbb{P}\left( {{\rho }_{j}^{\left( m\right) } < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right) \] \[ = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{n = 1}}^{\infty }\mathbb{P}\left( {{\rho }_{j}^{\left( m - 1\right) } = n\& {\rho }_...
Yes
Theorem 3.1.5 If \( \pi \) is a stationary probability for the transition probability \( \mathbf{P} \) on \( \mathbb{S} \) , then \( {\left( \mathbf{\pi }\right) }_{i} = 0 \) for all transient \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) . Furthermore, if \( i \) is recurrent and \( {\left( \mathbf{\pi }\right) }_{i} > 0 \) , then \( {\left...
Proof First observe that, for any \( n \geq 1 \) ,\n\n\[ n{\left( \mathbf{\pi }\right) }_{i} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\left( \mathbf{\pi }{\mathbf{P}}^{m}\right) }_{i} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j \in \mathbb{S}}}{\left( \mathbf{\pi }\right) }_{j}\mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}...
Yes
Theorem 3.1.6 If \( u \) is a non-negative function on \( \mathbb{S} \) with the property that \( {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\right) }_{i} \leq \) \( {\left( \mathbf{u}\right) }_{i} \) for all \( i \in \mathbb{S} \), then \( {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\right) }_{j} < {\left( \mathbf{u}\right) }_{j} \) for some \( j \in \mathbb{S} ...
Proof Set \( \mathbf{f} = \mathbf{u} - \mathbf{{Pu}} \), and note that, for all \( n \geq 1 \) ,\n\n\[ u\left( j\right) \geq {\left( \mathbf{u}\right) }_{j} - {\left( {\mathbf{P}}^{n}\mathbf{u}\right) }_{j} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}^{{n - 1}}\left( {{\left( {\mathbf{P}}^{m}\mathbf{u}\right) }_{j} - {\left( {\ma...
Yes
Lemma 3.1.7 Assume that \( u : \mathbb{S} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) is bounded below and that \( \Gamma \) is a nonempty subset of \( \mathbb{S} \) . If \( {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\right) }_{i} \leq u\left( i\right) \) for all \( i \notin \Gamma \) and \( {\rho }_{\Gamma } \equiv \inf \left\{ {n \geq 1 : {X}_{n} \in \Gamm...
Proof Set \( {A}_{n} = \left\{ {{\rho }_{\Gamma } > n}\right\} \) . Then, \( {A}_{n} \) is measurable with respect to \( \left( {{X}_{0},\ldots ,{X}_{n}}\right) \) , and so, by (2.1.1), for any \( i \notin \Gamma \) ,\n\n\[ \mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {u\left( {X}_{\left( {n + 1}\right) \land {\rho }_{\Gamma }}\right) \mid ...
Yes
Theorem 3.1.8 Assume that \( j \) is recurrent, and set \( C = \left\lbrack j\right\rbrack \) . If \( u : \mathbb{S} \rightarrow \lbrack 0,\infty ) \) is a bounded function and either \( u\left( i\right) = {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\right) }_{i} \) or \( u\left( j\right) \geq u\left( i\right) \geq {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\righ...
Proof In proving the first part, we will assume, without loss in generality, that \( C = \mathbb{S} \) . Now suppose that \( j \) is recurrent and that \( u\left( i\right) = {\left( \mathbf{{Pu}}\right) }_{i} \) for \( i \neq j \) . By applying Lemma 3.1.7 with \( \Gamma = \{ j\} \), we see that, for \( i \neq j \) ,\n...
Yes
Lemma 3.1.9 If \( \mathbf{P} \) is irreducible on \( \mathbb{S} \), then, for any finite subset \( F \neq \mathbb{S} \) , \( \mathbb{P}\left( {{\rho }_{\mathbb{S} \smallsetminus F} < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right) = 1 \) for all \( i \in F. \)
Proof Set \( \tau = {\rho }_{\mathbb{S} \smallsetminus F} \) . By irreducibility, \( \mathbb{P}\left( {\tau < \infty \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right) > 0 \) for each \( i \in F \) . Hence, because \( F \) is finite, there exists a \( \theta \in \left( {0,1}\right) \) and an \( N \geq 1 \) such that \( \mathbb{P}\left( {\tau > ...
Yes
Theorem 3.1.10 Assume that \( \mathbf{P} \) is irreducible on \( \mathbb{S} \), and let \( u : \mathbb{S} \rightarrow \lbrack 0,\infty ) \) be a function with the property that \( \{ k : u\left( k\right) \leq L\} \) is finite for each \( L \in \left( {0,\infty }\right) \) . If, for some \( j \in \mathbb{S},{\left( \mat...
Proof If \( \mathbb{S} \) is finite, then (cf., for example, Exercise 2.4.2) at least one state is recurrent, and therefore, by irreducibility, all are. Hence, we will assume that \( \mathbb{S} \) is infinite.\n\nGiven \( i \neq j \), set \( {F}_{L} = \{ k : u\left( k\right) \leq u\left( i\right) + u\left( j\right) + L...
Yes
Theorem 3.1.13 Given \( \varnothing \neq S \subseteq \mathbb{Z} \) with \( S \neq \{ 0\} \) , \[ \gcd \left( S\right) \leq \min \{ \left| s\right| : s \in S \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \} \] and equality holds if and only if \( \{ \gcd \left( S\right) , - \gcd \left( S\right) \} \cap S \neq \varnothing \) .
Proof The first assertion needs no comment. To prove the second assertion, let \( \widehat{S} \) be the smallest subset of \( \mathbb{Z} \) which contains \( S \) and has the property that \( \left( {{s}_{1},{s}_{2}}\right) \in {\widehat{S}}^{2} \Rightarrow \) \( {s}_{1} \pm {s}_{2} \in \widehat{S} \) . As is easy to c...
Yes
Corollary 3.1.16 Suppose that \( \mathbf{P} \) is an transition probability matrix on a finite state space \( \mathbb{S} \) . If there is an aperiodic state \( {j}_{0} \in \mathbb{S} \) such that \( i \rightarrow {j}_{0} \) for every \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) , then there exists an \( M \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) and an \(...
Proof Because \( {j}_{0} \) is aperiodic, we know that there is an \( {M}_{0} \in \mathbb{N} \) such that \( {\left( {\mathbf{P}}^{n}\right) }_{{j}_{0}{j}_{0}} > 0 \) for all \( n \geq {M}_{0} \) . Further, because \( i \rightarrow {j}_{0} \), there exists an \( m\left( i\right) \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) such that \( {...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.1 Suppose that \( \mathbf{P} \) is a transition probability on a finite state space \( \mathbb{S} \) . Then there is at least one recurrent \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) . In addition, if \( j \) is transient, then \( j \rightarrow i \) for some recurrent \( i \) . Finally, suppose that \( \mathbf{P} \) admits pre...
Proof Begin by noting that, no matter where it starts, the chain can spend only a finite amount of time in the set \( \mathcal{T} \) of transient states. Indeed, if \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) and \( j \in \mathcal{T} \), then (cf. (2.3.7)) \( \mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {{T}_{j} \mid {X}_{0} = i}\right\rbrack < \infty \) and th...
Yes
Lemma 3.2.2 If each row of \( \mathbf{A} \) sums to 0, then \( \operatorname{cof}{\left( \mathbf{A}\right) }_{ij} = \operatorname{cof}{\left( \mathbf{A}\right) }_{jj} \) for all \( 1 \leq i, j \leq N \) and\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{N}\operatorname{cof}{\left( \mathbf{A}\right) }_{ii} = {\Pi }_{\mathbf{A}}...
Proof Given \( {i}_{1} \neq {i}_{2} \) and \( j \), let \( \mathbf{B} \) be the matrix whose \( \left( {j,{i}_{1}}\right) \) st entry is 1, whose \( \left( {j,{i}_{2}}\right) \) th entry is -1, and whose other entries are all 0 . Then, for each \( t \in \mathbb{R} \), all the rows of \( \mathbf{A} + t\mathbf{B} \) sum ...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.6 Let \( \mathbf{P} \) be a transition probability on a finite state space \( \mathbb{S} \), and assume that \( \mathbf{\pi } \) is the one and only stationary probability for \( \mathbf{P} \). Then 0 is a simple eigenvalue of \( \mathbf{I} - \mathbf{P} \) and, if \( {\Pi }_{\mathbf{I} - \mathbf{P}} \) is t...
Proof To prove (3.2.7), take \( \mathbf{A} = \mathbf{I} - \mathbf{P} \). Clearly the rows of \( \mathbf{A} \) each sum to 0, and, by Lemma 3.2.5, 0 is a simple eigenvalue of \( \mathbf{A} \). In addition, again by Lemma 3.2.5, the \( \pi \) in (3.2.7) is a probability vector and, by Theorem 3.2.3, it is the one and onl...
Yes
Corollary 3.2.8 Let \( \\mathbf{P} \) and \( \\pi \) be as in Theorem 3.2.6, and denote by \( \\mathcal{T} \) the set of transient states. Then \( {\\left( \\pi \\right) }_{i} = 0 \) for \( i \\in \\mathcal{T} \) and \[ {\\left( \\mathbf{\\pi }\\right) }_{i} = \\frac{\\det \\left( {\\left( \\mathbf{I} - \\mathbf{P}\\ri...
Proof First notice that \( {\\mathbf{P}}^{\\mathcal{T}} \) is a transition probability on \( \\mathbb{S} \\smallsetminus \\mathcal{T} \) and that \( {\\mathbf{\\pi }}^{\\mathcal{T}} = {\\mathbf{\\pi }}^{\\mathcal{T}}{\\mathbf{P}}^{\\mathcal{T}} \) if \( {\\mathbf{\\pi }}^{\\mathcal{T}} \) is the restriction of \( \\mat...
Yes
Theorem 3.2.9 Let \( \mathbf{P} \) and \( \mathbb{S} \) be as in Theorem 3.2.6. If \( i \) is recurrent and \( i \in \Delta \subsetneq \mathbb{S} \) , then \( {\left( \mathbf{I} - \mathbf{P}\right) }^{\Delta } \) is invertible and\n\n\[{\left( {\left( {\left( \mathbf{I} - \mathbf{P}\right) }^{\Delta }\right) }^{-1}\rig...
Proof First observe that\n\n\[ \mathbb{P}\left( {{X}_{m} = {j}_{m}\text{ for }0 \leq m \leq n\& {\zeta }^{\Delta } > n \mid {X}_{0} = {j}_{0}}\right)\]\n\n\[= {\mathbf{1}}_{\Delta \mathbf{C}}\left( {j}_{0}\right) \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{m = 1}}^{n}{\mathbf{1}}_{\Delta \mathbf{C}}\left( {j}_{m}\right) {\left( \mathbf{P...
Yes
Theorem 3.3.4 (Wilson) For any spanning tree \( T \) and any vertex \( v \in V \) ,\n\n\[ \n\mathcal{P}\left( T\right) = \frac{1}{\det \left( {\left( \mathcal{D} - \mathcal{A}\right) }^{\{ v\} }\right) }.\n\]\n\nIn particular, \( \mathcal{P}\left( T\right) \) is the same for all spanning trees \( T \) .
Proof Choose an ordering \( \left( {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{N}}\right) \) with \( {v}_{2} = v \), let \( \left( {{P}_{1},\ldots ,{P}_{L}}\right) \) be the Wilson run determined by \( T \) that respects this ordering, define \( {\Delta }_{\ell } \) as in (3.3.1) for \( 1 \leq \ell \leq L \), and set \( {\Delta }_{L + 1} = ...
Yes
Theorem 4.1.10 Stat(P) is a convex subset of \( {\mathbb{R}}^{\mathbb{S}} \) . Moreover, \( \operatorname{Stat}\left( \mathbf{P}\right) \neq \varnothing \) if and only if there is at least one positive recurrent state \( j \in \mathbb{S} \) . In fact, for any \( \mathbf{\mu } \in \operatorname{Stat}\left( \mathbf{P}\ri...
Proof The only statements not already covered are the characterization of the extreme points of \( \operatorname{Stat}\left( \mathbf{P}\right) \) and the final assertion in the case when \( j \) is recurrent.\n\nIn view of (4.1.8), the final assertion when \( j \) is recurrent comes down to showing that if \( j \) is p...
Yes
For all \( \left( {i, j}\right) ,{\overline{\lim }}_{n \rightarrow \infty }{\left( {\mathbf{A}}_{n}\right) }_{ij} \leq e{\pi }_{jj} \) . In addition, for any \( j \) and any subsequence \( \left\{ {{n}_{\ell } : \ell \geq 0}\right\} \subseteq \mathbb{N} \) , \[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{\ell \rightarrow \infty }}{\left( ...
Proof To prove the first part, observe that \[ {\left( {\mathbf{A}}_{n}\right) }_{ij} \leq \frac{1}{n}{\left( 1 - \frac{1}{n}\right) }^{-n}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{m = 0}}^{{n - 1}}{\left( 1 - \frac{1}{n}\right) }^{m}{\left( {\mathbf{P}}^{m}\right) }_{ij} \leq {\left( 1 - \frac{1}{n}\right) }^{-n}{\left( \mathbf{R}\left...
Yes
Theorem 4.1.14 Let \( C \) a communicating class of positive recurrent states. If \( \mathbb{P}\left( {{X}_{0} \in C}\right) = 1 \), then
Proof Since \( \mathbb{P}\left( {{X}_{m} \in C}\right. \) for all \( \left. {m \in \mathbb{N}}\right) = 1 \), without loss in generality we may and will assume that \( C \) is the whole state space. In keeping with this assumption, we will set \( \pi = {\pi }^{C} \). Next note that if \( {\mu }_{i} = \mathbb{P}\left( {...
No
Lemma 5.2.5 A bounded function \( w : \lbrack 0,\infty ) \times \mathbb{S} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) that is continuously differentiable with respect to \( t \geq 0 \) satisfies\n\n\[ \dot{w}\left( {t, j}\right) = {\left( \mathbf{Q}\mathbf{w}\left( t\right) \right) }_{j}, \]\n\nwhere \( \mathbf{w}\left( t\right) \) is ...
Proof Let \( \mathbf{w} \) be a row vector with \( \parallel \mathbf{w}{\parallel }_{\mathbf{u}} < \infty \), and define \( w\left( {t, j}\right) = {\left( \mathbf{{wP}}\left( t\right) \right) }_{j} \) for \( \left( {t, j}\right) \in \lbrack 0,\infty ) \times \mathbb{S} \) . Then \( \left| {w\left( {t, j}\right) }\righ...
Yes
Theorem 5.2.13 Let \( \{ X\left( t\right) : t \geq 0\} \) be a Markov process generated by \( \mathbf{Q} \) and let \( \mathfrak{R} \) and \( \mathbf{P} \) be given by (5.2.12). Set \( {J}_{0} = 0 \), \[ {J}_{n} = \inf \left\{ {t > {J}_{n - 1} : X\left( t\right) \neq X\left( {J}_{n - 1}\right) }\right\} \;\text{ for }n...
Proof Refer to Sect. 5.2.2 and let \( \{ \widetilde{X}\left( t\right) : t \geq 0\} \) be the process in Theorem 5.2.10 when \( \mathbf{\mu } \) is the distribution of \( X\left( 0\right) \) . Because it has the same distribution as \( \{ X\left( t\right) \) : \( t \geq 0\} \), it suffices to prove that \( \{ \widetilde...
Yes
Lemma 5.3.2 \( \mathbb{P}\left( {\widetilde{\mathfrak{e}} = {\widetilde{J}}_{\infty }}\right) = 1 \) and so, with probability \( 1,\widetilde{X}\left( t\right) \) is well-defined for \( t \in \lbrack 0,\widetilde{\mathfrak{e}}) \) .
Proof Because \( \left\{ {\widetilde{\mathfrak{e}} \neq {\widetilde{J}}_{\infty }}\right\} \) can be written as the union of the sets\n\n\[ \left\{ {\widetilde{\mathfrak{e}} > T \geq {\widetilde{J}}_{\infty }}\right\} \cup \left\{ {{\widetilde{J}}_{\infty } > T \geq \widetilde{\mathfrak{e}}}\right\} \]\n\nas \( T \) ru...
Yes
Lemma 5.3.3 If \( \mathbb{P}\left( {\widetilde{\mathfrak{e}} = \infty \mid \widetilde{X}\left( 0\right) = i}\right) = 1 \) for all \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) and\n\n\[ \n{\left( \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \right) }_{ij} \equiv \mathbb{P}\left( {\widetilde{X}\left( t\right) = j \mid \widetilde{X}\left( 0\right) = i}\right) ,...
Proof First note that\n\n\[ \n\mathbb{P}\left( {\mathfrak{e} = \infty }\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i \in \mathbb{S}}}{\left( \mathbf{\mu }\right) }_{i}\mathbb{P}\left( {\mathfrak{e} = \infty \mid X\left( 0\right) = i}\right) = 1,\n\]\n\nand therefore that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{N \rightarrow \infty }}\mathbb{...
Yes
Theorem 5.3.6 Let \( \mathbf{Q} \) be a \( Q \) -matrix and, for \( N \geq 1 \), determine the \( Q \) -matrix \( {\mathbf{Q}}^{\left( N\right) } \) by \( {\left( {\mathbf{Q}}^{\left( N\right) }\right) }_{ij} = {\mathbf{1}}_{{F}_{N}}\left( i\right) {\left( \mathbf{Q}\right) }_{ij} \) . Given a point \( \Delta \) not in...
Proof Let \( \mathfrak{R} \) and \( \mathbf{P} \) be the canonical rates and transition probability determined by \( \mathbf{Q} \), and define \( \left\{ {\widetilde{X}\left( t\right) : t \in \left\lbrack {0,{\widetilde{J}}_{\infty }}\right) }\right\} \) accordingly for \( \mathfrak{R} \) and \( \mathbf{P} \) with \( \...
Yes
Corollary 5.3.7 Assume that explosion does not occur for any \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) . Then, for each probability vector \( \mathbf{\mu } \) on \( \mathbb{S} \) there exists a right continuous, piecewise constant Markov process \( \{ X\left( t\right) : t \geq 0\} \) with initial distribution \( \mathbf{\mu } \) such tha...
Proof For each \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) let \( \left\{ {{X}_{i}\left( t\right) : t \geq 0}\right\} \) be a Markov process generated by \( \mathbf{Q} \) starting from \( i \), let \( {X}_{0} \) be a random variable with distribution \( \mathbf{\mu } \) which is independent of \( \sigma \left( \left\{ {{X}_{i}\left( t\righ...
Yes
Theorem 5.3.9 If \( \mathbf{P} \) is a transition probability matrix and if \( i \in \mathbb{S} \) is \( \mathbf{P} \)-recurrent, then for every choice of rates \( \Re ,\mathbb{P}\left( {\mathfrak{e} = \infty }\right) = 1 \) for the process in Theorem 5.3.6 corresponding to the \( Q \)-matrix determined by \( \mathfrak...
Proof By Lemma 5.3.2, what we must show is that \( \mathbb{P}\left( {{\widetilde{J}}_{\infty } = \infty }\right) = 1 \). Equivalently, if \( \left\{ {{\widetilde{X}}_{n} : n \geq 0}\right\} \) is a Markov chain with transition probability \( \mathbf{P} \) with \( {\widetilde{X}}_{0} = i \) and if \( \left\{ {{\widetild...
Yes
Theorem 5.3.10 If there exists a non-negative function \( u \) on \( \mathbb{S} \) with the properties that \( {U}_{N} \equiv \mathop{\inf }\limits_{{j \notin {F}_{N}}}u\left( j\right) \rightarrow \infty \) as \( N \rightarrow \infty \) and, for some \( \alpha \in \lbrack 0,\infty ) \) ,\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j...
Proof To prove the first part, for each \( N \geq 1 \), set \( {u}^{\left( N\right) }\left( j\right) = u\left( j\right) \) when \( j \in {F}_{N} \) and \( {u}^{\left( N\right) }\left( j\right) = {U}_{N} \) when \( j \notin {F}_{N} \) . It is an easy matter to check that if \( {\mathbf{Q}}^{\left( N\right) } = \) \( {\m...
Yes
Theorem 5.4.3 For any given state \( i \in \mathbb{S} \), the following are equivalent:\n\n(1) \( i \) is \( \mathbf{Q} \)-recurrent.\n\n(2) There is a \( t \in \left( {0,\infty }\right) \) such that \( i \) is recurrent relative to the transition probability \( \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \).\n\n(3) \( i \) is recurrent...
Proof We will prove this equivalence by checking that the same equivalence holds when \
No
Theorem 5.4.6 For each \( j \in \mathbb{S} \)\n\n\[ \n{\widehat{\pi }}_{jj} \equiv \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{t \rightarrow \infty }}{\left( \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \right) }_{jj}\;\text{ exists }\n\]\n\nand\n\n\[ \n\mathop{\lim }\limits_{{t \rightarrow \infty }}{\left( \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \right) }_{ij} = {\wideh...
Proof We begin with the following continuous-time version of the renewal equation (cf. (4.1.6)):\n\n\[ \n{\left( \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \right) }_{ij} = {e}^{-t{R}_{i}}{\delta }_{i, j} + \mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {{\left( \mathbf{P}\left( t - {\sigma }_{j}\right) \right) }_{jj},{\sigma }_{j} \leq t \mid X\left( 0\right...
Yes
Corollary 5.4.8 (Mean Ergodic Theorem) Assume that \( j \) is \( \mathbf{Q} \) -positive recurrent and that \( \mathbb{P}\left( {X\left( 0\right) \overset{\mathbf{Q}}{ \leftrightarrow }j}\right) = 1 \) . Then,
\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{T \rightarrow \infty }}\mathbb{E}\left\lbrack {\left( \frac{1}{T}{\int }_{0}^{T}{\mathbf{1}}_{\{ j\} }\left( X\left( t\right) \right) dt - {\widehat{\pi }}_{jj}\right) }^{2}\right\rbrack = 0. \] Proof The proof is really just an obvious transcription to the continuous setting of the argument ...
Yes
Theorem 5.4.11 Assume that \( \mathbb{S} \) is finite and that there is only one stationary probability \( \widehat{\pi } \) for \( t \rightsquigarrow \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) \) . Then 0 is a simple eigenvalue of \( \mathbf{Q} \) and\n\n\[ \n{\left( \widehat{\mathbf{\pi }}\right) }_{i} = \frac{\det \left( {\left( -Q\...
Proof The argument is essentially the same as the one for chains. To see that 0 is a simple eigenvalue, suppose not. Then there exists a column vector \( \mathbf{v} \neq \mathbf{0} \) such that \( \mathbf{Q}\mathbf{v} = \mathbf{0} \) and \( \widehat{\pi }\mathbf{v} = 0 \) . By (5.4.10), \( \mathbf{v} = \mathbf{P}\left(...
Yes
Theorem 6.1.14 If \( \mathbf{P} \) is an irreducible transition probability for which there is a reversible initial distribution, which is necessarily \( \mathbf{\pi } \), then the period of \( \mathbf{P} \) is either 1 or 2. Moreover, the period is 2 if and only if there exists an \( f \in {L}^{2}\left( \mathbf{\pi }\...
Proof We begin by showing that the period \( d \) must be less than or equal to 2 . To this end, remember that, because of irreducibility, \( {\left( \mathbf{\pi }\right) }_{i} > 0 \) for all \( i \) ’s. Hence, the detailed balance condition,(6.1.1), implies that \( {\left( \mathbf{P}\right) }_{ij} > 0 \Leftrightarrow ...
Yes
Lemma 6.3.9 If \( 0 < s < t \), then for any \( f \in {L}^{2}\left( \widehat{\pi }\right) \)\n\n\[ \frac{\parallel f{\parallel }_{2,\widehat{\mathbf{\pi }}}^{2}}{s} \geq \frac{\parallel \mathbf{P}\left( s\right) f{\parallel }_{2,\widehat{\mathbf{\pi }}}^{2} - \parallel \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) f{\parallel }_{2,\wideha...
Proof Set \( \psi \left( t\right) = \parallel \mathbf{P}\left( t\right) f{\parallel }_{2,\widehat{\pi }}^{2} \) . We know that \( \psi \) is a continuous, non-increasing, non-negative, convex function. Hence, by part (a) of Exercise 5.5.2,\n\n\[ \frac{\psi \left( 0\right) }{s} \geq \frac{\psi \left( 0\right) - \psi \le...
Yes
Theorem 6.4.11 Assume that \( \mathbb{S} \) is finite and that \( \mathbf{Q}\left( \beta \right) \) is given by (6.4.7). Set \( \mathfrak{m} = \mathop{\min }\limits_{{i \in \mathbb{S}}}H\left( i\right) \) and \( {\mathbb{S}}_{0} = \{ i : H\left( i\right) = \mathfrak{m}\} \), and let \( \mathfrak{e} \) be the minimum va...
Proof Because neither \( \mathbf{\gamma }\left( \beta \right) \) nor \( \mathbf{Q}\left( \beta \right) \) is changed if \( H \) is replaced by \( H - \mathfrak{m} \) whereas \( \mathfrak{e} \) changes to \( \mathfrak{e} + \mathfrak{m} \), we may and will assume that \( \mathfrak{m} = 0 \). Choose a collection \( \mathc...
Yes
Theorem 7.1.6 Suppose that \( \left( {\Omega ,\mathcal{F}}\right) \) is a measurable space and that \( \mathcal{C} \subseteq \mathcal{F} \) includes \( \Omega \) and is closed under intersection (i.e., \( A \cap B \in \mathcal{C} \) whenever \( A, B \in \mathcal{C} \) ). If \( \mu \) and \( v \) are a pair of finite me...
Proof We will say that \( \mathcal{S} \subseteq \mathcal{F} \) is good if\n\n(i) \( A, B \in \mathcal{S} \) and \( A \subseteq B \Rightarrow B \smallsetminus A \in \mathcal{S} \) .\n\n(ii) \( A, B \in \mathcal{S} \) and \( A \cap B = \varnothing \Rightarrow A \cup B \in \mathcal{S} \) .\n\n(iii) \( {\left\{ {A}_{n}\rig...
Yes
Theorem 7.1.10 (Fatou’s Lemmas) Given any sequence \( {\left\{ {f}_{n}\right\} }_{1}^{\infty } \) of measurable functions, all of which dominate some fixed integrable function \( g \) ,
\[ \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}\int {f}_{n}{d\mu } \geq \int \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{n \rightarrow \infty }}{f}_{n}{d\mu } \]
Yes
Theorem 7.1.15 (Fubini) Let \( \\left( {{\\Omega }_{1},{\\mathcal{F}}_{1},{\\mu }_{1}}\\right) \) and \( \\left( {{\\Omega }_{2},{\\mathcal{F}}_{2},{\\mu }_{2}}\\right) \) be a pair of \( \\sigma \) -finite measure spaces, and set \( \\Omega = {\\Omega }_{1} \\times {\\Omega }_{2} \) and \( \\mathcal{F} = {\\mathcal{F}...
\[ {\\omega }_{1} \\rightsquigarrow {\\int }_{{\\Omega }_{2}}f\\left( {{\\omega }_{1},{\\omega }_{2}}\\right) {\\mu }_{2}\\left( {d{\\omega }_{2}}\\right) \\;\\text{ and }\\;{\\omega }_{2} \\rightsquigarrow {\\int }_{{\\Omega }_{1}}f\\left( {{\\omega }_{1},{\\omega }_{2}}\\right) {\\mu }_{1}\\left( {d{\\omega }_{1}}\\r...
Yes
Lemma 7.3.1 Given any family \( {\left\{ {B}_{m}\right\} }_{1}^{\infty } \) of mutually independent, \( \{ 0,1\} \) -valued Bernoulli random variables satisfying \( \mathbb{P}\left( {{B}_{m} = 0}\right) = \frac{1}{2} = \mathbb{P}\left( {{B}_{m} = 1}\right) \) for all \( m \in {\mathbb{Z}}^{ + } \) , set \( U = \mathop{...
Proof Given \( N \geq 1 \) and \( 0 \leq n < {2}^{N} \), we want to show that\n\n\[ \mathbb{P}\left( {n{2}^{-N} < U \leq \left( {n + 1}\right) {2}^{-N}}\right) = {2}^{-N}. \]\n\n\( \left( *\right) \)\n\nTo this end, note that \( n{2}^{-N} < U \leq \left( {n + 1}\right) {2}^{-N} \) if and only if \( \mathop{\sum }\limit...
Yes
The path ![63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_15_0.jpg](images/63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_15_0.jpg) is the Coxeter graph of the symmetric group \( {S}_{n} \) with respect to the generating system of adjacent transpositions \( {s}_{i} = \left( {i, i + 1}\right) ,1 \leq i \leq n - 1 \).
This is proved in Proposition 1.5.4.
No
Let \( {L}_{1} \) and \( {L}_{2} \) be straight lines through the origin of the Euclidean plane \( {\mathbb{E}}^{2} \). Assume that the angle between them is \( \frac{\pi }{m} \), for some integer \( m \geq 2 \). Let \( {r}_{1} \) be the orthogonal reflection through \( {L}_{1} \), and similarly for \( {r}_{2} \). Then...
Let \( {G}_{m} \) be the group generated by \( {r}_{1} \) and \( {r}_{2} \). Simple geometric considerations show that \( {G}_{m} \) consists of the \( m \) rotations of the plane through angles \( \frac{2\pi k}{m},0 \leq k < m \), and these \( m \) rotations followed by the reflection \( {r}_{1} \). Hence, \( \left| {...
Yes
Definition. A pair \( B, N \) of subgroups of a group \( G \) is called a \( {BN} \) -pair (or Tits system) if the following hold:\n\n(1) \( B \cup N \) generates \( G \), and \( B \cap N \) is normal in \( N \).\n\n(2) \( W\overset{\text{ def }}{ = }N/\left( {B \cap N}\right) \) is generated by some set \( S \) of inv...
It can be shown to follow from these axioms that the set \( S \) is uniquely determined and that the pair \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) is a Coxeter system. The group \( W \) is called the Weyl group and the number \( \left| S\right| \) is the rank of the BN-pair \( \left( {G;B, N}\right) \) .
Yes
Lemma 1.3.1 If \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} \), with \( k \) minimal, then \( {t}_{i} \neq {t}_{j} \) for all \( 1 \leq i < j \leq k \) .
Proof. If \( {t}_{i} = {t}_{j} \) for some \( i < j \) then \( w = {t}_{i}{t}_{j}{s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} = \) \( {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{i}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{j}\ldots {s}_{k} \) (i.e., \( {s}_{i} \) and \( {s}_{j} \) deleted), which contradicts the mini-mality of \( k \) . \( ▱ \)
Yes
Proposition 1.4.2 For all \( u, w \in W \) :\n\n(i) \( \varepsilon \left( w\right) = {\left( -1\right) }^{\ell \left( w\right) } \),\n\n(ii) \( \ell \left( {uw}\right) \equiv \ell \left( u\right) + \ell \left( w\right) \left( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;2}\right) \),\n\n(iii) \( \ell \left( {sw}\right) = \ell \left( w\right...
Proof. Parts (i) - (iii) follow from Lemma 1.4.1. We leave the rest as exercises. \( ▱ \)
No
Theorem 1.4.3 (Strong Exchange Property) Suppose \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} \) \( \left( {{s}_{i} \in S}\right) \) and \( t \in T \) . If \( \ell \left( {tw}\right) < \ell \left( w\right) \), then \( {tw} = {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{i}\ldots {s}_{k} \) for some \( i \in \left\lbrack k\right\rbrack \) .
Proof. Recall the number \( \eta \left( {w;t}\right) \in \{ + 1, - 1\} \) defined in definition (1.17). We prove the equivalence of these two conditions:\n\n(a) \( \ell \left( {tw}\right) < \ell \left( w\right) \), \n\n(b) \( \eta \left( {w;t}\right) = - 1 \). \n\nFirst, assume that \( \eta \left( {w;t}\right) = - 1 \)...
Yes
Corollary 1.4.5 \( \;\left| {{T}_{L}\left( w\right) }\right| = \ell \left( w\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k}, k = \ell \left( w\right) \) . Then, \( {T}_{L}\left( w\right) = \left\{ {{s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{i}\ldots {s}_{2}{s}_{1}}\right. \) : \( 1 \leq i \leq k\} \) by Corollary 1.4.4, and these elements are all distinct by Lemma 1.3.1. \( ▱ \)
Yes
Corollary 1.4.6 For all \( s \in S \) and \( w \in W \), the following hold:\n\n(i) \( s \in {D}_{L}\left( w\right) \) if and only if some reduced expression for \( w \) begins with the letter \( s \) .\n\n(ii) \( s \in {D}_{R}\left( w\right) \) if and only if some reduced expression for \( w \) ends with the letter \(...
Proof. The \
No
Proposition 1.4.7 (Deletion Property) If \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} \) and \( \ell \left( w\right) < \) \( k \), then \( w = {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{i}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{j}\ldots {s}_{k} \) for some \( 1 \leq i < j \leq k \) .
Proof. Choose \( i \) maximal so that \( {s}_{i}{s}_{i + 1}\ldots {s}_{k} \) is not reduced. Then, \( \ell \left( {{s}_{i}{s}_{i + 1}\ldots {s}_{k}}\right) < \ell \left( {{s}_{i + 1}\ldots {s}_{k}}\right) \) and hence, by Theorem 1.4.3,\n\n\[ {s}_{i}{s}_{i + 1}\ldots {s}_{k} = {s}_{i + 1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{j}\ldots ...
Yes
Corollary 1.4.8 (i) Any expression \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} \) contains a reduced expression for \( w \) as a subword, obtainable by deleting an even number of letters.
Proof. Part (i) is a direct consequence of the deletion property.
No
Theorem 1.5.1 Let \( W \) be a group and \( S \) a set of generators of order 2. Then the following are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) is a Coxeter system.\n\n(ii) \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) has the Exchange Property.\n\n(iii) \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) has the Deletion Property.
Proof. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) This is a special case of Theorem 1.4.3.\n\n(ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (iii) The proof of Proposition 1.4.7 goes through to prove this implication, even if \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) is not (a priori) a Coxeter system.\n\n(iii) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) Suppose \( \ell \left( {s{s}_{1}\ldots ...
Yes
Proposition 1.5.2 Let \( x \in {S}_{n} \) . Then,\n\n\[{\ell }_{A}\left( x\right) = \operatorname{inv}\left( x\right)\]
Proof. Since \( \operatorname{inv}\left( e\right) = {\ell }_{A}\left( e\right) = 0 \), relation (1.26) implies that \( \operatorname{inv}\left( x\right) \leq \) \( {\ell }_{A}\left( x\right) \) . The opposite inequality will be proved by induction on \( \operatorname{inv}\left( x\right) \) .\n\nIf \( \operatorname{inv}...
Yes
Proposition 1.5.3 Let \( x \in {S}_{n} \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n{D}_{R}\left( x\right) = \left\{ {{s}_{i} \in S : x\left( i\right) > x\left( {i + 1}\right) }\right\} .\n\]
Proof. By the definitions and Proposition 1.5.2, we have that\n\n\[ \n{D}_{R}\left( x\right) = \{ s \in S : \operatorname{inv}\left( {xs}\right) < \operatorname{inv}\left( x\right) \}\n\]\n\nso (1.28) follows from (1.26). \( ▱ \)
No
Proposition 1.5.4 \( \left( {{S}_{n}, S}\right) \) is a Coxeter system of type \( {A}_{n - 1} \) .
Proof. We show that the pair \( \left( {{S}_{n}, S}\right) \) has the Exchange Property (in its \
No
Example 2.1.2 Consider the dihedral group \( {I}_{2}\left( 4\right) \cong {B}_{2} \) with Coxeter graph
Then, \( T = \{ a, b,{aba},{bab}\} \) and the group has the following diagram under Bruhat order:\n\n![63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_38_1.jpg](images/63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_38_1.jpg)\n\nFigure 2.1. Bruhat order of \( {B}_{2} \) .\n\nTo obtain the Bruhat graph of \( {B}_{2} \), direct all edges of F...
Yes
How are these closed cells arranged? The elegant answer is
\[ \overline{{C}_{u}} \subseteq \overline{{C}_{w}}\; \Leftrightarrow \;u \leq w \] that is, the combinatorial pattern of inclusion of Bruhat cells determines Bruhat order on \( {S}_{n} \) .
Yes
Lemma 2.1.4 Let \( x, y \in {S}_{n} \). Then, \( x \) is covered by \( y \) in Bruhat order if and only if \( y = x \cdot \left( {a, b}\right) \) for some \( a < b \) such that \( x\left( a\right) < x\left( b\right) \) and there does not exist any \( c \) such that \( a < c < b, x\left( a\right) < x\left( c\right) < x\...
Proof. If \( y = x \cdot \left( {a, b}\right) \) with the stated properties, then \( \operatorname{inv}\left( y\right) = \operatorname{inv}\left( x\right) + 1 \); hence, we have a Bruhat covering. Suppose conversely that \( y = x \cdot \left( {a, b}\right) \), \( a < b \), and \( \operatorname{inv}\left( y\right) > \op...
Yes
Lemma 2.2.1 For \( u, w \in W, u \neq w \), let \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \) be reduced, and suppose that some reduced expression for \( u \) is a subword of \( {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \) . Then, there exists \( v \in W \) such that the following hold:\n\n(i) \( v > u \) .\n\n(ii) \( \ell \left( v\right)...
Proof. Of all reduced subword expressions\n\n\[ u = {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{{i}_{1}}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{{i}_{k}}\ldots {s}_{q},\;1 \leq {i}_{1} < \cdots < {i}_{k} \leq q, \]\n\nchoose one such that \( {i}_{k} \) is minimal. Let\n\n\[ t = {s}_{q}{s}_{q - 1}\ldots {s}_{{i}_{k}}\ldots {s}_{q - 1}{s}_{q}. \]\n\nThen...
Yes
Theorem 2.2.2 (Subword Property) Let \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \) be a reduced expression. Then,\n\n\( u \leq w\; \Leftrightarrow \; \) there exists a reduced expression\n\n\[ u = {s}_{{i}_{1}}{s}_{{i}_{2}}\ldots {s}_{{i}_{k}},\;1 \leq {i}_{1} < \ldots < {i}_{k} \leq q. \]
Proof. \( \left( \Rightarrow \right) \) Suppose that \( u = {x}_{0}\overset{{t}_{1}}{ \rightarrow }{x}_{1}\overset{{t}_{2}}{ \rightarrow }\cdots \overset{{t}_{m}}{ \rightarrow }{x}_{m} = w \) . Then, \( {x}_{m - 1} = w{t}_{m} = {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{i}\ldots {s}_{q} \) for some \( i \) by the Strong Exchange Pro...
Yes
Corollary 2.2.4 Bruhat intervals \( \left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \) are finite (even if \( S \) is infinite). In fact, \( \operatorname{card}\left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \leq {2}^{\ell \left( w\right) } \) .
Proof. There are \( {2}^{\ell \left( w\right) } \) subwords of any reduced expression for \( w \), and there is an injective map from \( \left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \) into the set of those subwords. \( ▱ \)
Yes
Corollary 2.2.5 The mapping \( w \mapsto {w}^{-1} \) is an automorphism of Bruhat order (i.e., \( u \leq w \Leftrightarrow {u}^{-1} \leq {w}^{-1} \) ).
Proof. The subword relation is unaffected by reversing all expressions. (Remark: The result is also easy to derive directly from Definition 2.1.1, see Exercise 1 ). \( ▱ \)
No
Theorem 2.2.6 (Chain Property) If \( u < w \), there exists a chain \( u = \) \( {x}_{0} < {x}_{1} < \cdots < {x}_{k} = w \) such that \( \ell \left( {x}_{i}\right) = \ell \left( u\right) + i \), for \( 1 \leq i \leq k \) .
Proof. This follows directly from Lemma 2.2.1 and the Subword Property. \( ▱ \)
No
Proposition 2.2.7 (Lifting Property) Suppose \( u < w \) and \( s \in {D}_{L}\left( w\right) \smallsetminus \) \( {D}_{L}\left( u\right) \) . Then, \( u \leq {sw} \) and \( {su} \leq w \) .
Proof. Let \( \alpha \prec \beta \) here denote the subword relation between a word \( \beta \) and a subword \( \alpha \) . Choose a reduced decomposition \( {sw} = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \) . Then, \( w = s{s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \) is also reduced, and there exists a reduced subword\n\n\[ u = {s}_{{i}_{1}...
Yes
Proposition 2.2.9 Bruhat order is a directed poset.
Proof. We will use induction on \( \ell \left( u\right) + \ell \left( w\right) \), the \( \ell \left( u\right) + \ell \left( w\right) = 0 \) case being trivially correct. Choose \( s \in S \) so that \( {su} < u \) (we may assume that \( \ell \left( u\right) > 0) \) . By induction, there exists \( x \in W \) such that ...
Yes
Lemma 2.2.10 Suppose that \( x < {xt} \) and \( y < {ty} \), for \( x, y \in W, t \in T \) . Then, \( {xy} < {xty} \) .
Proof. Suppose to the contrary that \( {xy} > {xty} = {t}^{\prime }{xy} \), where \( {t}^{\prime } = {xt}{x}^{-1} \) . Let \( x = {s}_{1}\ldots {s}_{k} \) and \( y = {s}_{1}^{\prime }\ldots {s}_{q}^{\prime } \) be reduced expressions. Then, by the Strong Exchange Property,\n\n\[ \n{t}^{\prime }{xy} = \left\{ \begin{arr...
Yes
Proposition 2.3.2 The top element \( {w}_{0} \) of a finite group has the following properties:\n\n(i) \( {w}_{0}^{2} = e \).\n\n(ii) \( \ell \left( {w{w}_{0}}\right) = \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) - \ell \left( w\right) \), for all \( w \in W \).\n\n(iii) \( {T}_{L}\left( {w{w}_{0}}\right) = T \smallsetminus {T}_{L}\lef...
Proof. (i) Since \( \ell \left( {w}_{0}^{-1}\right) = \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) \), uniqueness of \( {w}_{0} \) implies that \( {w}_{0}^{-1} = {w}_{0} \).\n\n(ii) The inequality \( \geq \) follows from \( \ell \left( {w}^{-1}\right) + \ell \left( {w{w}_{0}}\right) \geq \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) \). For the opposite i...
Yes
Corollary 2.3.3 (i) \( \ell \left( {{w}_{0}w}\right) = \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) - \ell \left( w\right) \), for all \( w \in W \) .
Proof. \( \ell \left( {{w}_{0}w}\right) = \ell \left( {{w}^{-1}{w}_{0}}\right) = \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) - \ell \left( {w}^{-1}\right) = \ell \left( {w}_{0}\right) - \ell \left( w\right) \).
Yes
Proposition 2.3.4 For Bruhat order on a finite Coxeter group, the following hold:\n\n(i) \( w \mapsto w{w}_{0} \) and \( w \mapsto {w}_{0}w \) are antiautomorphisms.\n\n(ii) \( w \mapsto {w}_{0}w{w}_{0} \) is an automorphism.
The top element \( {w}_{0} \) in the symmetric group \( {S}_{n} \) is the \
No
Corollary 2.3.6 If \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) is irreducible and \( \left| S\right| \geq 3 \), then the automorphism group of Bruhat order is generated by the diagram automorphisms and the mapping \( x \mapsto {x}^{-1} \) .
For instance, the diagram of type \( {A}_{n}, n \geq 2 \), has a unique nontrivial automorphism, and this, in fact, induces the mapping \( x \mapsto {w}_{0}x{w}_{0} \) . Hence, the automorphism group of Bruhat order of the symmetric group \( {S}_{n}, n \geq 4 \) , is the dihedral group of order 4 generated by \( x \map...
Yes
Proposition 2.4.1 (i) \( \left( {{W}_{J}, J}\right) \) is a Coxeter group.
Proof. Let \( w \in {W}_{J} \) . By definition, \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \), for some \( {s}_{i} \in J \), and by the Deletion Condition, we may assume that this is reduced in \( W \), and hence in \( {W}_{J} \) . This proves (ii). Since \( {\ell }_{J}\left( w\right) = \ell \left( w\right) \), the Exchange P...
No
Lemma 2.4.3 An element \( w \) belongs to \( {W}^{J} \) if and only if no reduced expression for \( w \) ends with a letter from \( J \) .
Proof. This follows from Corollary 1.4.6. \( ▱ \)
No
Proposition 2.4.4 Let \( J \subseteq S \) . Then, the following hold:\n\n(i) Every \( w \in W \) has a unique factorization \( w = {w}^{J} \cdot {w}_{J} \) such that \( {w}^{J} \in {W}^{J} \) and \( {w}_{J} \in {W}_{J} \) .\n\n(ii) For this factorization, \( \ell \left( w\right) = \ell \left( {w}^{J}\right) + \ell \lef...
Proof. (Existence) Choose \( {s}_{1} \in J \) so that \( w{s}_{1} < w \), if such \( {s}_{1} \) exists. Continue choosing \( {s}_{i} \in J \) so that \( w{s}_{1}\ldots {s}_{i} < w{s}_{1}\ldots {s}_{i - 1} \) as long as such \( {s}_{i} \) can be found. The process must end after at most \( \ell \left( w\right) \) steps....
Yes
Proposition 2.4.8 For \( x, y \in {S}_{n}^{\left( k\right) } \), the following are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( x \leq y \) .\n\n(ii) \( {x}_{i} \leq {y}_{i} \), for \( 1 \leq i \leq k \) .\n\n(iii) \( {x}_{i} \geq {y}_{i} \), for \( k + 1 \leq i \leq n \) .
Proof. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii). This is an immediate consequence of Theorem 2.1.5.\n\n(ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i). Suppose that \( {x}_{j} < {y}_{j} \) for some \( 1 \leq j \leq k \) and \( {x}_{i} = {y}_{i} \) for all \( j + 1 \leq i \leq k \) . Then, \( {x}_{j} + 1 = {x}_{m} \) for some \( m > k \) (since \( {x}_{j...
No
Proposition 2.5.1 The map \( {P}^{J} \) is order-preserving.
Proof. Suppose that \( {w}_{1} \leq {w}_{2} \) in \( W \) . We will show that \( {w}_{1}^{J} \leq {w}_{2}^{J} \) by induction on \( \ell \left( {w}_{2}\right) \) .\n\nTo begin with, note that \( {w}_{1}^{J} \leq {w}_{1} \leq {w}_{2} \) . Hence, if \( {w}_{2}^{J} = {w}_{2} \), we are done. If not, then there exists some...
Yes
Corollary 2.5.2 Suppose \( u \in {W}^{J}, w \in W \) and \( u \vartriangleleft w \) . Then, either \( w = \) us, for some \( s \in J \), or \( w \in {W}^{J} \) .
Proof. If \( w \notin {W}^{J} \), then \( u \leq {P}^{J}\left( w\right) < w \) .
No
Corollary 2.5.3 \( {W}^{J} \) is a directed poset.
Proof. This follows from Propositions 2.2.9 and 2.5.1. \( ▱ \)
Yes
Proposition 2.5.4 Let \( \\left( {W, S}\\right) \) be finite, \( J \\subseteq S \) . Then,\n\n\[ \n\\alpha : x \\mapsto {w}_{0}x{w}_{0}\\left( J\\right)\n\]\n\ndefines an antiautomorphism \( \\alpha : {W}^{J} \\rightarrow {W}^{J} \) of Bruhat order (that is, \( x \\leq y \\Leftrightarrow \\alpha \\left( x\\right) \\geq...
Proof. We have that \( x \\in {W}^{J} \\Rightarrow x{w}_{0}\\left( J\\right) \\in {\\mathcal{D}}_{J}^{S} \\Rightarrow {w}_{0}x{w}_{0}\\left( J\\right) \\in {W}^{J} \), by Proposition 2.4.4 and Corollary 2.3.3. Furthermore, if \( x, y \\in {W}^{J} \), then \( x \\leq y \\Rightarrow x{w}_{0}\\left( J\\right) \\leq y{w}_{...
Yes
Theorem 2.5.5 (Chain Property) If \( u < w \) in \( {W}^{J} \), then there exist elements \( {w}_{i} \in {W}^{J},\ell \left( {w}_{i}\right) = \ell \left( u\right) + i \), for \( 0 \leq i \leq k \), such that \( u = {w}_{0} < \) \( {w}_{1} < \cdots < {w}_{k} = w. \)
Proof. It suffices to construct \( {w}_{1} \) ; the rest follows via induction. Let \( w = \) \( {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{q} \), and take a reduced subword expression\n\n\[ u = {s}_{1}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{{i}_{1}}\ldots {\widehat{s}}_{{i}_{k}}\ldots {s}_{q},\;1 \leq {i}_{1} < \cdots < {i}_{k} \leq q, \]\n\n such that...
Yes
Theorem 2.6.3 (Tableau Criterion) For \( x, y \in {S}_{n} \), let \( {x}_{i, k} \) be the \( i \) - th element in the increasing rearrangement of \( {x}_{1},{x}_{2},\ldots ,{x}_{k} \), and similarly define \( {y}_{i, k} \) . Then, the following are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( x \leq y \) .\n\n(ii) \( {x}_{i, k} \leq {y}_{i, ...
Proof. Condition (ii) can, as shown by Proposition 2.4.8, be restated as saying that \( {P}^{S\smallsetminus \{ k\} }\left( x\right) \leq {P}^{S\smallsetminus \{ k\} }\left( y\right) \) for all \( k \in {D}_{R}\left( x\right) \) . Similarly, condition (iii) says that \( {P}^{S\smallsetminus \{ k\} }\left( {{w}_{0}y}\ri...
Yes
Example 2.7.1 Let \( W \) be the dihedral group of order 6 on two generators \( S = \{ a, b\} \) (or equivalently, the symmetric group \( {S}_{3} \) ). Its Bruhat order is depicted in Figure 2.9.
Choosing \
No
Lemma 2.7.2 There is at most one chain \( \mathbf{m} \in \mathcal{M}\left( {u, v}\right) \) for which \( \lambda \left( \mathbf{m}\right) \) is increasing (meaning that \( {\lambda }_{1}\left( \mathbf{m}\right) < {\lambda }_{2}\left( \mathbf{m}\right) < \cdots < {\lambda }_{k}\left( \mathbf{m}\right) \) ).
Proof. The statement is clear for intervals of length 1 , so we may inductively suppose that it has been shown for length \( k - 1 \) . Suppose that there are two maximal chains \( \mathbf{m} : w = {x}_{0} \vartriangleright {x}_{1} \vartriangleright \cdots \vartriangleright {x}_{k} = u \) and \( {\mathbf{m}}^{\prime } ...
Yes
Lemma 2.7.4 (i) There is a unique chain \( {\mathbf{m}}_{0} \in {\mathcal{M}}^{J}\left( {u, w}\right) \) such that \( \lambda \left( {\mathbf{m}}_{0}\right) \) is increasing.
Proof. A chain \( \mathbf{m} \) with increasing \( \lambda \left( \mathbf{m}\right) \) is constructed in Theorem 2.5.5, and it is unique by Lemma 2.7.2. This proves part (i).
Yes
Theorem 2.7.7 The order complex of \( {\left( u, w\right) }^{J} \) is PL homeomorphic to\n\n(i) the sphere \( {\mathbb{S}}^{\ell \left( {u, w}\right) - 2} \), if \( {\left( u, w\right) }^{J} \) is full;\n\n(ii) the ball \( {\mathbb{B}}^{\ell \left( {u, w}\right) - 2} \), otherwise.
Proof. The complex \( \Delta \left( {\left( u, w\right) }^{J}\right) \) is pure \( \left( {\ell \left( {u, w}\right) - 2}\right) \) -dimensional, and Lemma 2.7.3 implies that it is thin if \( {\left( u, w\right) }^{J} \) is full and subthin otherwise. Hence, Theorem 2.7.5 and Fact A2.4.3 force the conclusion. \( ▱ \)
Yes
Corollary 2.7.8 Suppose that \( \ell \left( {u, w}\right) = 3 \) . Then, the closed interval \( \left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \) is a \( k \) -crown, for some \( k \geq 2 \) .
Proof. The order complex of \( \left( {u, w}\right) \) triangulates the circle \( {\mathbb{S}}^{1} \) . The \( k \) -crown clearly has the only possible isomorphism type. \( ▱ \)
No
Example 2.7.9 Let \( \\left( {W, S}\\right) \) be given by the Coxeter diagram\n\n![63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_62_1.jpg](images/63e5d629-ce51-4f7f-a61a-425829a5c179_62_1.jpg)\n\nLet \( u = {\\left( abc\\right) }^{n - 1} \) and \( w = {\\left( abc\\right) }^{n} \) . Then, \( u < w,\\ell \\left( {u, w}\\right) ...
To see this, observe that each of the \( {3n} \) letters in the reduced word \( w = {abcabc}\\ldots {abc} \) can be deleted, creating a reduced subword of length \( {3n} - 1 \), which uniquely represents an element of \( \\left\\lbrack {u, w}\\right\\rbrack \) .
Yes
Corollary 2.7.10 \( {\mu }^{J}\left( {u, w}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\left( -1\right) }^{\ell \left( {u, w}\right) }, & \text{ if }{\left\lbrack u, w\right\rbrack }^{J}\text{ is full,} \\ 0, & \text{ otherwise. } \end{array}\right. \)
Computing on the full Bruhat order of \( W \), the corollary specializes to say that \( \mu \left( {u, w}\right) = {\left( -1\right) }^{\ell \left( {u, w}\right) } \) for all \( u \leq w \) . From definition (A2.1), one sees that this is equivalent to the following:
No
Corollary 2.7.11 In a closed interval \( \left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack, u < w \), the number of elements of odd length equals the number of elements of even length.
The last two corollaries can, of course, be given direct combinatorial proofs. If there exists some \( s \in {D}_{L}\left( w\right) \smallsetminus {D}_{L}\left( u\right) \), then the mapping \( x \mapsto \) \( {sx} \) matches the odd-length and the even-length elements of \( \left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \), as is e...
No
Theorem 2.7.12 Suppose that \( \ell \left( {u, w}\right) \geq 2 \) . Then, there exists a regular \( {CW} \) complex \( {\Gamma }_{u, w} \), uniquely determined up to cellular homeomorphism, whose cell poset is isomorphic to \( \left( {u, w}\right) \) and such that \( \begin{Vmatrix}{\Gamma }_{u, w}\end{Vmatrix} \cong ...
Proof. Let \( X = \parallel \Delta \left( \left( {u, w}\right) \right) \parallel \), the geometric realization of the order complex of \( \left( {u, w}\right) \) . Then, by Theorem 2.7.7, \( X \cong {\mathbb{S}}^{\ell \left( {u, w}\right) - 2} \) . For each \( z \in \left( {u, w}\right) \) , let \( {\sigma }_{z} = \par...
Yes
Corollary 2.7.14 Suppose that \( \ell \left( {u, w}\right) \geq 2 \) . Then, there exists a signature \( \operatorname{sg} : \operatorname{Cov}\left\lbrack {u, w}\right\rbrack \rightarrow \{ + 1, - 1\} \) such that the following hold:\n\n(i) \( \operatorname{sg} \) is balanced.\n\n(ii) \( \operatorname{Im}{d}_{i} = \op...
Proof. Extend the cell complex \( {\Gamma }_{u, w} \) by attaching a \( \left( {\ell \left( {u, w}\right) - 1}\right) \) -cell via some homeomorphism of its boundary onto \( \begin{Vmatrix}{\Gamma }_{u, w}\end{Vmatrix} \) . This gives a regular CW complex \( {\widehat{\Gamma }}_{u, w} \) which decomposes the ball \( {\...
Yes
Proposition 3.1.3 \( u{ \leq }_{R}w \Leftrightarrow {T}_{L}\left( u\right) \subseteq {T}_{L}\left( w\right) \) .
Proof. If \( u = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k} \) and \( w = {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{k}{s}_{k + 1}\ldots {s}_{q} \) are reduced, then\n\n\[ \n{T}_{L}\left( u\right) = \left\{ {{s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{i}\ldots {s}_{2}{s}_{1} : 1 \leq i \leq k}\right\} \n\]\n\n\[ \n\subseteq \left\{ {{s}_{1}{s}_{2}\ldots {s}_{i}\ldots...
Yes
Proposition 3.1.5 For weak order on a finite \( W \), the following hold:\n\n(i) \( w \mapsto {w}_{0}w \) and \( w \mapsto w{w}_{0} \) are antiautomorphisms.\n\n(ii) \( w \mapsto {w}_{0}w{w}_{0} \) is an automorphism.
Proof. This follows from the length formulas in Proposition 2.3.2 and its corollary and from the fact that if \( s \in S \), then \( s{w}_{0} = {w}_{0}{s}^{\prime } \) for some \( {s}^{\prime } \in S \) (a consequence of \( {w}_{0}S{w}_{0} = S \) ). For instance, if \( w{ \vartriangleleft }_{R}{ws} \), then \( {w}_{0}w...
Yes
Proposition 3.1.6 If \( u{ \leq }_{R}w \), then \( {\left\lbrack u, w\right\rbrack }_{R} \cong {\left\lbrack e,{u}^{-1}w\right\rbrack }_{R} \) .
Proof. We will show that the mapping \( x \mapsto {ux} \) is a poset isomorphism \( {\left\lbrack e,{u}^{-1}w\right\rbrack }_{R} \rightarrow {\left\lbrack u, w\right\rbrack }_{R} \) . The basic properties of the length function give:\n\n\[ \ell \left( w\right) = \ell \left( u\right) + \ell \left( {{u}^{-1}w}\right) \]\...
Yes
Corollary 3.2.2 Right order on a finite Coxeter group \( \left( {W, S}\right) \) together with the translation \( x \mapsto x{w}_{0} \) gives \( W \) the structure of an ortholattice.
Proof. This follows from Propositions 2.3.2(iii) and 3.1.3.
No
Lemma 3.2.3 Let \( J \subseteq S \) . Then, \( \bigvee J \) exists if and only if \( {W}_{J} \) is finite, and if so, \( \bigvee J = {w}_{0}\left( J\right) \) . In particular, if \( \left| {W}_{J}\right| = \infty \), then \( J \) has no upper bound.
Proof. If \( {W}_{J} \) is finite, then \( {D}_{L}\left( {{w}_{0}\left( J\right) }\right) = J \) shows, keeping Corollary 1.4.6 in mind, that \( {w}_{0}\left( J\right) \) is an upper bound to the set \( J \) . We show that, conversely, if \( J \) has an upper bound \( w \), or equivalently if \( J \subseteq {D}_{L}\lef...
Yes
Lemma 3.2.4 Let \( w \in W, J \subseteq S \) with \( {W}_{J} \) finite.\n\n(i) If \( w{ \vartriangleleft }_{R}{ws} \) for all \( s \in J \), then \( \bigvee \{ {ws} : s \in J\} = w{w}_{0}\left( J\right) \).\n\n(ii) If \( {ws}{ \vartriangleleft }_{R}w \) for all \( s \in J \), then \( \bigwedge \{ {ws} : s \in J\} = w{w...
Proof. The conditions mean that \( w \in {W}^{J} \) (minimal coset representatives) and \( w \in {\mathcal{D}}_{J}^{S} \) (maximal coset representatives), respectively. Part (i) then follows easily via Propositions 3.1.6 and 3.2.3. Part (ii) requires a few more steps that we leave to the reader. \( ▱ \)
No
Theorem 3.2.7 Suppose that \( u{ < }_{R}w \) and \( \ell \left( {u, w}\right) \geq 2 \) . Then, the order complex of the open interval \( {\left( u, w\right) }_{R} \) is as follows:\n\n(i) Homotopy equivalent to the sphere \( {\mathbb{S}}^{\left| J\right| - 2} \), if \( w = u{w}_{0}\left( J\right) \) for some \( J \sub...
Proof. By Proposition 3.1.6 we may assume that \( u = e \) . For each \( x \in {\left( e, w\right) }_{R} \), let \( f\left( x\right) = \bigvee \left\{ {s \in S : s{ \leq }_{R}x}\right\} \) . Lemma 3.2.3 shows that, equivalently, \( f\left( x\right) = {w}_{0}\left( {{D}_{L}\left( x\right) }\right) \) . Then, \( f \) is ...
Yes
Corollary 3.2.8\n\n\[ \n{\mu }_{R}\left( {u, w}\right) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} {\left( -1\right) }^{\left| J\right| } & ,\text{ if }w = u{w}_{0}\left( J\right) \text{ for some }J \subseteq S; \\ 0 & ,\text{ otherwise. } \end{array}\right. \n\]
Proof. This follows since the Möbius function is the reduced Euler characteristic of the order complex; see Fact A2.3.1. \( ▱ \)
No
Theorem 3.3.1 (Word Property) Let \( \\left( {W, S}\\right) \) be a Coxeter group and \( w \\in W \) .\n\n(i) Any expression \( {s}_{1}{s}_{2}\\ldots {s}_{q} \) for \( w \) can be transformed into a reduced expression for \( w \) by a sequence of nil-moves and braid-moves.\n\n(ii) Every two reduced expressions for \( w...
Proof. We begin by proving (ii). This will be done by induction on \( \\ell \\left( w\\right) \) , the result being clear if \( \\ell \\left( w\\right) \\leq 1 \) . Assume that \( \\ell \\left( w\\right) > 1 \) and let\n\n\[ w = s{s}_{2}\\ldots {s}_{k} = {s}^{\\prime }{s}_{2}^{\\prime }\\ldots {s}_{k}^{\\prime }\n\]\n\...
Yes
Lemma 3.4.1 Let \( w \in W \) . Then, \( w \) is distinguished if and only if \( w \in \) \( {}^{\left\lbrack n - 1\right\rbrack }W \) .
Proof. We know from Proposition 2.4.3 that \( w \in {}^{\left\lbrack n - 1\right\rbrack }W \) if and only if no reduced word for \( w \) begins with one of the letters \( {s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n - 1} \) . However, this is precisely what it means for \( w \) to be distinguished.
Yes