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Probability and Combinatorics

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 3:00pm

Henry Towsner

Penn

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 4C6

The Aldous--Hoover Theorem characterizes arrays of random variables which are exchangeable - that is, the distribution is invariant under permutations of the indices of the array. We consider the extension to exchangeable Markov chains. In order to give a satisfactory classification, we need an extension of the Adous--Hoover Theorem to "relatively exchangeable" arrays, which are only invariant under some permutations. Different families of permutations lead to different characterization theorems, with the crucial distinction coming from a model theoretic characterization of the way finite arrays can be amalgamated.