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Seminar
Speaker
Sunder Sethuraman (University of Arizona, USA)
Date & Time
Fri, 20 February 2026, 11:30 to 13:00
Venue
Madhava Lecture Hall
Resources
Abstract

We consider a Markovian growth process on locally finite partially ordered sets \Lambda, equivalent to last passage percolation (LPP) with independent (not necessarily identical) exponentially distributed weights on the elements of \Lambda. Such a process includes inhomogeneous exponential LPP on the Euclidean lattice N^d.  
In this talk, we discuss non-asymptotic bounds on the mean and variance of the passage time \tau_A to grow any set A \subset \Lambda  in terms of characteristics of A. We also discuss a limit shape theorem when \Lambda is equipped with a `monoid' structure. Methods involve making use of the backward equation associated to the Markovian evolution and comparison inequalities with respect to the time-reversed generator.  Based on work with Tanner Resse https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02856

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88670406480
Meeting ID: 886 7040 6480