%0 Generic %1 kozdron2013determinants %A Kozdron, Michael J. %A Richards, Larissa M. %A Stroock, Daniel W. %D 2013 %K determinants markov %T Determinants, their applications to Markov processes, and a random walk proof of Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.2059 %X Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem is a well-known result that gives a formula for the number of spanning trees in a finite, connected graph in terms of the graph Laplacian matrix. A closely related result is Wilson's algorithm for putting the uniform distribution on the set of spanning trees. We will show that when one follows Greg Lawler's strategy for proving Wilson's algorithm, Kirchhoff's theorem follows almost immediately after one applies some elementary linear algebra. We also show that the same ideas can be applied to other computations related to general Markov chains and processes on a finite state space.

@misc{kozdron2013determinants, abstract = {Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem is a well-known result that gives a formula for the number of spanning trees in a finite, connected graph in terms of the graph Laplacian matrix. A closely related result is Wilson's algorithm for putting the uniform distribution on the set of spanning trees. We will show that when one follows Greg Lawler's strategy for proving Wilson's algorithm, Kirchhoff's theorem follows almost immediately after one applies some elementary linear algebra. We also show that the same ideas can be applied to other computations related to general Markov chains and processes on a finite state space.}, added-at = {2014-07-12T02:00:44.000+0200}, author = {Kozdron, Michael J. and Richards, Larissa M. and Stroock, Daniel W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/201c65ab472a96db7162e06834b66d447/pitman}, description = {Determinants, their applications to Markov processes, and a random walk proof of Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem}, interhash = {3b3d5e79e951e093afad046728ca4e02}, intrahash = {01c65ab472a96db7162e06834b66d447}, keywords = {determinants markov}, note = {cite arxiv:1306.2059Comment: v1: 14 pages, 5 figures}, timestamp = {2014-07-12T02:00:44.000+0200}, title = {Determinants, their applications to Markov processes, and a random walk proof of Kirchhoff's matrix tree theorem}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.2059}, year = 2013 }