Poisson limit theorems for the Robinson–Schensted correspondence and for the multi-line Hammersley process

Abstract

We consider the Robinson–Schensted–Knuth algorithm applied to a random input and study the growth of the bottom rows of the corresponding Young diagrams. We prove a multidimensional Poisson limit theorem for the resulting Plancherel growth process. In this way we extend the result of Aldous and Diaconis to more than just one row. This result can be interpreted as convergence of the multi-line Hammersley process to its stationary distribution which is given by a collection of independent Poisson point processes.