From Local to Global Symmetry: Activation Dynamics in the Independent Cascade Model on Undirected Graphs

This paper demonstrates that in the independent cascade model on undirected graphs with symmetric influence probabilities, the local symmetry of the network structure induces a global symmetry in activation dynamics, ensuring that the probability of node jj being activated within nn steps starting from node ii is identical to the reverse scenario, a result established through a novel random matrix approach.

Peiyao Liu2026-03-06🔢 math

Benford behavior resulting from stick and box fragmentation processes

This paper investigates Benford's law in stick and box fragmentation models by reducing multi-proportion stick fragmentation to a single-proportion case using combinatorial identities, establishing necessary and sufficient conditions for strong Benford convergence based on irrationality exponents, and proving that high-dimensional box fragmentation satisfies strong Benford behavior under mild conditions.

Bruce Fang, Steven J. Miller2026-03-06🔢 math

Central Limit Theorem for Intersection Currents of Gaussian Holomorphic Sections

This paper resolves a long-standing open problem by establishing a universal central limit theorem for both smooth and numerical statistics of intersection currents arising from independent Gaussian holomorphic sections in arbitrary codimensions, thereby fully extending the 2010 Shiffman–Zelditch theorem through a novel geometric framework that adapts Wiener chaos and Feynman diagram techniques to random currents on complex manifolds.

Bin Guo2026-03-06🔢 math

Characterization of the (fractional) Malliavin-Watanabe-Sobolev spaces Dα,2\mathcal{D}^{α,2} via the Bargmann-Segal norm

This paper characterizes fractional Malliavin-Watanabe-Sobolev spaces Dα,2\mathcal{D}^{\alpha,2} for all αR\alpha \in \mathbb{R} by establishing a criterion based on the integrability and fractional differentiability properties of the SS-transform's Bargmann-Segal norm, thereby bridging Malliavin calculus with white noise analysis and providing practical tools for analyzing objects like Donsker's delta and self-intersection local times.

Wolfgang Bock, Martin Grothaus2026-03-06🔢 math