Abstract:
Let
S be a countable set.
X=0, 1, …,
ms.
P(=(
p(
x,
y))
x,y∈s) a transition probability matrix,
g (·) is a strictly monotonically increasing function with
g (0) = 0. We say that (
ηt,
Pη) is a generalized simple exclusion process if it is uniquely determined by the generator \Omega f(\eta)=\sum_u \in G g(\eta(u)) \sum_v \in \mathbbB p(u, v)\leftf\left(\eta_u v\right)-f(\eta)\right, f \in \mathscrF(X), \eta \in \boldsymbolX. where \mathscrF(X) is the set of the all cylindrical functions on
X; if
η(
u) =0 or
η(
v)=
m or
u=
v then
η(
uv)=
η, otherwise
ηuv(
u)=
η(
u)-1,
ηuv(
v)=
η(
v) +1,
ηuv(
w)=
η(
w), w \bar\in\u, v\. When
m=1, it is a simple exclusion process proposed and studied by Spitzer and Liggett. When
m≥1 and
P is positive recurrent and reversible, we obtained the ergodic theorem. In this paper we deal with the case of
m≥1 and a potential random walk
P. We obtain the description of all the translation invariant and invariant measures for the processes. A part of results of Liggett on simple exclusion processes is extended. Theorem. Let
s=
Zd,
P is a potential irreducible random walk on
Zd. Then the set of all extreme points of the translation invariant and invariant measures for the process coincides with
Vp: 0≤
ρ≤∞, where
v0 and
v∞ are the unit masses on 0(0∈
X, 0(
x)=0, \forall x \in S)) and
M(
M∈
X,
M(
x)=
m, \forall x \in S)) respectively;
v0 (0<
ρ<∞)are product measures with marginal distributions \nu, \eta(x)=k)=\frac\rho^kg(k) g(k-1) \cdots g(1) / \sum_i=1^m \frac\rho^ig(i) g(i-1) \cdots g(1)+1 \quad 0 \leqslant k \leqslant m, x \in S.