학술논문

Fast synchronization of inhomogenous random automata
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Subject
Mathematics - Combinatorics
Computer Science - Formal Languages and Automata Theory
68Q45 (Primary) 05A05, 68R05 (Secondary)
Language
Abstract
We examine the reset threshold of randomly generated deterministic automata. We present a simple proof that an automaton with a random mapping and two random permutation letters has a reset threshold of $\mathcal{O}\big( \sqrt{n \log^3 n} \big)$ with high probability, assuming only certain partial independence of the letters. Our observation is motivated by Nicaud (2014) providing a near-linear bound in the case of two random mapping letters, among multiple other results. The upper bound for the latter case has been recently improved by the breakthrough work of Chapuy and Perarnau (2023) to $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{n} \log n)$.