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Asymptotic Behaviour of Poisson-Dirichlet Distribution and Random Energy Model

  • McMaster University
  • Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

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Abstract

The family of Poisson-Dirichlet distributions is a collection of two-parameter probability distributions { PD(α, θ): 0 ≤ α< 1, α+ θ> 0 } defined on the infinite-dimensional simplex. The parameters α and θ correspond to the stable and gamma component respectively. The distribution PD(α, 0) arises in the thermodynamic limit of the Gibbs measure of Derrida’s Random Energy Model (REM) in the low temperature regime. In this setting α can be written as the ratio between the temperature T and a critical temperature Tc. In this paper, we study the asymptotic behaviour of PD(α, θ) as α converges to one or equivalently when the temperature approaches the critical value Tc.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProgress in Probability
PublisherBirkhauser
Pages141-155
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProgress in Probability
Volume69
ISSN (Print)1050-6977
ISSN (Electronic)2297-0428

Keywords

  • Dirichlet process
  • Large deviations
  • Phase transition
  • Poisson-Dirichlet distribution
  • Random energy model

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