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Excited against the tide: A random walk with competing drifts

Probability 2009-01-29 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study a random walk that has a drift βd\frac{\beta}{d} to the right when located at a previously unvisited vertex and a drift μd\frac{\mu}{d} to the left otherwise. We prove that in high dimensions, for every μ\mu, the drift to the right is a strictly increasing and continuous function of β\beta, and that there is precisely one value β0(μ,d)\beta_0(\mu,d) for which the resulting speed is zero.

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@article{arxiv.0901.4393,
  title  = {Excited against the tide: A random walk with competing drifts},
  author = {Mark Holmes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4393},
  year   = {2009}
}

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