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Exact formula for the 2-marginal second moment function of the multidimensional symmetric Markov random flight

Probability 2026-04-30 v1

Abstract

We consider the symmetric Markov random flight X(t),  t>0,\bold X(t), \; t>0, in the Euclidean space Rm,  m3\Bbb R^m, \; m\ge 3, performed by a particle that moves in Rm\Bbb R^m with constant finite speed and changes its directions at Poisson-distributed random time instants by choosing the initial and each new direction at random according to the uniform distribution on the unit (m1)(m-1)-dimensional sphere. The 2-marginal second moment function μ(2,2,0,,0)(t),  t>0,\mu_{(2,2,0,\dots,0)}(t), \; t>0, of X(t)\bold X(t), corresponding to the multi-index (2,2,0,,0)(2,2,0,\dots,0), is examined. An explicit formula for function μ(2,2,0,,0)(t)\mu_{(2,2,0,\dots,0)}(t) is obtained. This formula is also valid for all other 2-marginal second moment functions corresponding to any multi-indices of the form (0,,0,2,0,,0,2,0,,0)(0,\dots,0,2,0,\dots,0,2,0,\dots,0). It is also shown that this moment function, under the standard Kac scaling condition, turns into the product of the variances of two coordinates of the mm-dimensional homogeneous Brownian motion.

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@article{arxiv.2604.26432,
  title  = {Exact formula for the 2-marginal second moment function of the multidimensional symmetric Markov random flight},
  author = {Alexander D. Kolesnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.26432},
  year   = {2026}
}

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