Burnside Sampler on the Symmetric Group

An interactive implementation of the sampling algorithm in "Markov chains on Weyl groups from the geometry of the flag variety." Adjust the field characteristic and starting element. By the results of our paper, choosing a large characteristic gives Steinberg cell clusters, while a small one gives near-uniform randomness!

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Permutation-State Histogram

Lexicographic order on S_n; same color means same right Steinberg cell, via the RSK insertion tableau P

Recent trajectory

Most recent states in the Markov chain

Top states

Permutation frequencies in descending order